Trump Administration’s D.C. Homeless Crackdown: A Look Back at Controversial Policies
Trump Administration’s D.C. Homeless Crackdown: A Look Back at Controversial Policies In a controversial move during the Trump administration, policies targeting Washington D.C.’s homeless population sparked widespread criticism. Reports from that period detailed a harsh crackdown, with then-White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stating that homeless individuals refusing shelter options would face prosecution or fines. This directive, issued during a period when National Guard troops were deployed in the capital, aimed to ‘make D.C. safe and beautiful’ by removing ‘mentally…