As part of his effort to "Make America Safe Again," President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets and put them into treatment centers. (Getty Images and Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Though it is unclear how much money will be allocated to the effort, Trump’s order redirects federal funds to ensure that removed homeless individuals are sent to rehabilitation, treatment and other facilities.
Additionally, the order requires Bondi to partner with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to prioritize federal grants to cities and states that "enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and urban squatting, and track the location of sex offenders," according to USA Today.
The order also stipulates that discretionary grants for substance-use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery programs "do not fund drug injection sites or illicit drug use."
DEMOCRATIC BILL WOULD BLOCK FEDS FROM CLEARING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC LAND
People leave before members of the National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square two blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Speaking in March, Trump said, "We're going to have a crime-free capital. When people come here, they're not going to be mugged or shot or raped. They're going to have a crime-free capital again. It's going to be cleaner and better and safer than it ever was. And it's not going to take us too long."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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