Posted on 07/24/2025 4:24:07 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Washington — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets and get them treatment elsewhere.
The president's order asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to "reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit state and local governments' ability to commit individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others," according to a White House fact sheet. It also commits federal funding to move people on the streets who are "causing public disorder and that are suffering from serious mental illness or addiction" to "treatment centers, assisted outpatient treatment, or other facilities."
"Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order," the text of the order said. "Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens. My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety."
The executive order the president also asks Bondi to work with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation to prioritize federal grants for states and cities that "enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering," the White House said. The order was first reported by USA Today.
"President Trump is delivering on his commitment to Make America Safe Again and end homelessness across America," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. "By removing vagrant criminals from our streets and redirecting resources toward substance abuse programs, the Trump administration will ensure that Americans feel safe in their own communities and that individuals suffering from addiction or mental health struggles are able to get the help they need."
In March, Mr. Trump called for Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser to "clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, specifically including the ones outside of the State Department, and near the White House." He added that if she was "not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her!" He signed an executive order directing the National Park Service to clear all homeless encampments on federal lands.
He also signed a separate executive order in March aiming to dismantle the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
The president pledged to remove homeless individuals from the nation's streets during his campaign.
"When I am back in the White House, we will use every tool, lever, and authority to get the homeless off our streets," Mr. Trump said in a spring 2023 campaign video.
The National Homelessness Law Center said the order "does nothing to lower the cost of housing or help people make ends meet."
"Forced treatment is unethical, ineffective, and illegal. People need stable housing and access to healthcare. Rather, Trump's actions will force more people into homelessness, divert taxpayer money away from people in need, and make it harder for local communities to solve homelessness," said spokesperson Jesse Rabinowitz.
The Scoops are here!
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Is there a list of calibers that is permissable?
Make it so. We have too many volatile people camping in the streets in California who might be off their meds and could be triggered at any time.
Send them to the Mansions of the Governators.
There is a 400 acre plot of land outside this city filled with RVs bums and tents. The city ou in trash service, water, and portapotties. BLM wants to close the land because the bums destroyed everything but the homeless activists keep suing. More and more bums keep moving in.
Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green day!
Good move.
Hmmmmmm....... Wonder if we could establish tent villages for the ‘homeless’ on the Southern Border. Any coyotes and illegals trying to cross would see them and probably turn around.
Blue City liberals will secretly love this, while continuing their Orange Man Bad rants.
That machine or maybe attach a Cowcatcher to the front fender.
“Is there a list of calibers that is permissable?”
Are you actually suggesting they should just be exterminated?
I wish that Trump would get rid of that Peter Pan looking “Dipstick” Judge Paula bimbo and drop kick that human trafficking, MS-13 gangbanger back across the river where the boy belongs. Mr. Merryland my butt. He’s an idiot. Van Hollen should be required to take the aho in and buy his groceries for him. He’s Chrissie’s “boy toy.” We don’t want the maggot around our families.
Red states will jump on this while blue states will continue the stupid.
The result will be the itinerent druggies fleeing red states to blue states, futher overwhelming their resources.
This is Uno Reverse Cloward-Pivens.
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