Homeless who refuse to cooperate with Trump crackdown may go to jail, White House says

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Homeless who refuse to cooperate with Trump crackdown may go to jail, White House says

Colette Luke and Julio-Cesar Chavez
Tue, August 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM EDT
4 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Homeless people in Washington, D.C., could face jail time if they do not comply with President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime and rid the U.S. capital of homeless encampments, the White House said on Tuesday.

"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, and if they refuse, they will be susceptible to fines or to jail time," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

Leavitt said the administration was exploring strategies to relocate homeless individuals "far from the capital." She said U.S. Park Police have removed 70 homeless encampments from federal parks since March and are set to clear the remaining two encampments in the city later this week.

Andy Wassenich, director of policy at Miriam's Kitchen - an organization offering services to the homeless - said his team was out trying to warn people. He said there was still a lot of confusion about what the crackdown may bring.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/homeless-refuse-cooperate-trump-crackdown-221142192.html

[LonePirate]

1. Under what law could they be fined or jailed for refusing to comply?

[synni]

4. Since when does Trump care about laws?

[EYESORE 9001]

2. 'Jail' isn't that the most charming - yet quant - euphemism

for ‘concentration camp’? O how readily the term leapt onto my screen as I tapped the letters.

[oberle]

3. How in the hell

can they fine homeless people?

[Initech]

5. The only people who need to go to jail are in the Trump White House and on Fox News.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

6. Throwing homeless in jail during "HallowThanksMas" (last 4 months of year) will blow up in MAGA faces!

Yeah MAGA idiots, stuffing your faces with halloween candy, gluttonizing on turkey and overpriced, tacky christmas trinket-shit for months on end, while homeless people are rounded up and tossed in jails. Will prove how cheap and base those fakey-ass religious holidays are!