KENOSHA, Wis. -- Twenty people were arrested in Kenosha and Illinois as part of a human trafficking investigation.

Federal teams from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI staged portions of the operation at the Kenosha Public Safety Building.

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office and the Kenosha Police Department were not asked to assist with the investigative or enforcement phases of this operation. Local participation was not required due to the sensitive nature and scope of the federal investigation.

The sheriff's office denied claims of large law-enforcement presences at local establishments.

ICE was not involved in the original operation, the agency contacted the sheriff's office on Tuesday morning. Those arrested who were in the country illegally were deported.

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