Where will the homeless people be taken? What agents move them? How will they be housed & Fed?
Sue M.
It’s not entirely clear where these people will be taken or what agents will be tasked with moving them.
Trump wrote on his social media site before Monday’s news conference announcing the takeover that “the homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital.”
Asked during a media briefing at the White House on Tuesday where homeless people would be relocated, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said local police and federal agencies would “enforce the laws that are already on the books,” which, she said, “have been completely ignored.”
Citing a city regulation that she said gives local police “the authority to take action when it comes to homeless encampments,” Leavitt said homeless people “will be given the option to leave their encampment, to be taken to a homeless shelter, to be offered addiction or mental health services.” Those who refuse “will be susceptible to fines or to jail time.”
District officials said Tuesday they were making additional shelter space available after Trump said federal agents would remove homeless people in the city.