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President Donald Trump is making good on his recent Executive Order to rid America’s streets of crime and homelessness, which was made worse by failed Democrat leadership, by giving those individuals living on the street in the nation’s capital two options: go into a shelter or go to jail.
In July, the president signed the “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS” Executive Order, which aims to restore “public order” to cities and remove homeless individuals from the streets by enforcing no urban camping, urban squatting, and loitering, among others, RedState reported.
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“The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the previous administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded,” a White House press release read. “The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental health condition, or both.”
In one section it focused on ending the “housing first” policies of numerous blue states like California, New York, Oregon, Washington, etc. that “deprioritize accountability” and fail to “promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency; increasing competition among grantees through broadening the applicant pool; and holding grantees to higher standards of effectiveness in reducing homelessness and increasing public safety.”
During a press briefing on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided a bit more direction as to what was being done about the homeless problem in Washington, D.C., amid the administration’s crackdown on crime, as our sister site Townhall.com posted.
🚨NEW—OPTIONS FOR DC HOMELESS:
-Homeless shelters
-Addiction/mental health servicesRefusal to leave encampment could mean fines/jail time.
“[D.C. Code 221307 & D.C. Municipal Reg 24100] are pre existing laws that are already on the books. They just have NOT been enforced.” 📢 pic.twitter.com/KqQp5XKonf
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 12, 2025
-Homeless shelters
-Addiction/mental health services
Refusal to leave encampment could mean fines/jail time.
“[D.C. Code 221307 & D.C. Municipal Reg 24100] are pre-existing laws that are already on the books [to deal with homeless encampments]. They just have NOT been enforced.”
“So, homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their encampment to be taken to a homeless shelter, to be offered addiction or mental health services,” Leavitt said. “And if they refuse, they will be susceptible to fines or jail time.”
“Since the President signed the [“Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful”] Executive Order in March, seventy homeless encampments have been removed by the U.S. Park Police,” she added. “There are only two homeless encampments remaining in D.C. federal parks under the National Park Service’s jurisdiction, and the removal of those two remaining camps is scheduled for this week.”
Leavitt continued, making it crystal clear there are two options on the table: one, “homeless shelters, for addiction and mental health services, or jail if they refuse.”
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The White House Press Secretary mentioned that the plans to get the homeless off the streets are part of the larger mission currently underway in the D.C. after President Trump recently announced the federalization of law enforcement in the nation’s capital due to out-of-control crime.
Following the announcement, the D.C. Police Union showed its support for Trump’s crackdown as well. Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton said that immediate action was needed to turn things around, as RedState reported.
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