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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has been praised for signing an executive order protecting veterans with funding previously spent on illegal immigrants.
On Friday, Trump signed a lifesaving order establishing a national center for veterans experiencing homelessness.
“The new National Center for Warrior Independence will help them and other veterans like them rebuild their lives,” the Trump administration told Fox News Digital.
The White House said that the center will give veterans across the US the care, benefits and services “to which they are entitled.”
“The Center will promote self-sufficiency through housing, substance abuse treatment, and support for productive work for the veterans housed there,” the Trump administration said.
One person on X said of the new center, “Friggen awesome!”
Trump’s order directs Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to establish the center on the Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has a homeless veteran population of roughly 3,000, per the White House.
This is more than any other US city and accounts for roughly 10% of all homeless US veterans, the Trump administration said.
The construction and maintenance of the center will be funded using money previously spent on housing or other services for illegal immigrants, per Fox News Digital.
