President Trump has signed an executive order, making it easier for cities to take barren people off the streets and potentially institutionalize them, report Joey Garrison of USA Today.
“The move, originally reported by USA Today, redirects federal funds to ensure that affected homeless people will be transferred to rehabilitation, treatment and other facilities, but it was not clear how much money would be allocated,” adds Garrison.
The order, entitled “Ending Crimes and Disabilities on the Streets of America,” directs the Attorney General to promote a judicial precedent and ultimate consent degree that “limits the ability of local and state governments to move homeless people from streets and camps to treatment centers.”
The National Center for Homeless Law called the action “misleading at best, and at worst counterproductive and dangerous” and described mandatory treatment as “unethical, ineffective and illegal.”
Coupled with the Supreme Court decision in Grant Pass v. Johnson, the order further encourages punitive measures against homeless people who say they don’t address the underlying causes of the crisis.
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