Trump Plans Raids on DC's Homeless Tonight, Sources Say

[dweller]

Advocates are scrambling to relocate people from tent encampments before imminent arrests.
The Trump administration is planning citywide sweeps of dozens of homeless encampments in DC starting tonight, according to city workers and advocacy groups briefed on the plan. In anticipation of the raids, organizations that assist the homeless are hurriedly working to get homeless individuals out of tent encampments before they can be detained or arrested.

“Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,” Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/donald-trump-plans-raids-on-dcs-homeless-tonight-sources-say-mpd-national-guard/



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[no_hypocrisy]

1. I thought vagrancy laws went by the wayside.

[leftstreet]

2. 900+ unhoused, 40 shelter beds

So where the fuck can they "relocate?"

This all seems so fishy

[democratsruletheday]

3. Sad as fuck....

don't get me wrong, but there isn't a GD thing the average American can or will do about this. Just more autocratic horse shit from Trumpler. Hell, Americans haven't done or said much of anything about Bibi murdering and starving children in Gaza, and we think that they'll give a shit about the homeless? Bigger fish to fry for most folks like how to keep the lights on and pay for rapidly rising goods and services. Not how I feel mind you, but like I said most folks won't care.

[newdeal2]

6. The best thing to do is bear witness

I hope there’s tons of people up at night recording all of this.

This is disgusting and we should expose what a farce MAGA is.

[Prairie_Seagull]

4. Can't they just stay in caves?

[RT Atlanta]

5. Camp out on the lawn of 'the people's house'

n/t

[Totally Tunsie]

7. As advocates scoop them away, what then happens to their meager belongings left behind?

Will their few comforts or tradeable items be bulldozed and trashed leaving them with even less? They're already living with bare minimum. I'll presume the point is to leave them with nothing and no reason to return; sadly, it's the cruelty that is paramount once again.

[Beck23]

8. Oh heck!

This is what Hitler did in Germany.