Washington, homeless and encampment
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While federal agents clear out homeless encampments in Washington, cities like Waynesboro look to have conversations around the issue.
States are moving to send hundreds of members of their National Guard to the nation’s capital to assist in the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department
David Barnes, who is homeless, told the NYT that he found his tent, which had previously been located in Washington Circle, missing after police officers had once again thrown his possessions in the trash. Barnes told the outlet that “Trump and his presidency has taken away two — not one, two — of my tents.”
Elsewhere, the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants continues, and in the American capital Washington D.C., where the President has seized control of the local police and deployed the National Guard, efforts to drive away the homeless have started.
President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard and clear homeless encampments in Washington, D.C. faces backlash from advocates. Sending in troops to fight crime and homelessness in Washington could cost taxpayers millions — and critics say the plan may not solve the problem.
About 70 homeless encampments in the nation’s capital have been taken down in recent months, but those efforts intensified this week after President Donald Trump deployed members of the National Guard to address what he said was a city “overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals,
Trump's announcements have raised fears that the government will use the Olympics to take actions that deprive homeless people of their human rights.
The president said he was declaring a public safety emergency and his administration would be removing homeless encampments.