{"id":4129,"date":"2025-08-21T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:11:48","slug":"trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run"},"content":{"rendered":"

A homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial is cleared by employees of the Washington, D.C., government on Aug. 14, 2025. City officials put notices at the camp that they would be breaking it down after President Donald Trump issued his \"crime emergency\" order. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial is cleared by employees of the Washington, D.C., government on Aug. 14, 2025. City officials put notices at the camp that they would be breaking it down after President Donald Trump issued his “crime emergency” order. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Officials have already cleared dozens of homeless encampments in the District of Columbia in recent days as President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0federal takeover<\/a> of the nation\u2019s capital for a \u201ccrime emergency\u201d at the same time takes aim at people without housing.<\/p>\n

Advocates working to end homelessness within the district and across the country raised alarm to States Newsroom over these removals and their impact on people without housing and the providers trying to serve them. The drive to push out homeless people came after Trump in July signed an executive order that attempts to overhaul federal policy on homelessness, declaring: \u201cEndemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multi-agency teams had eliminated 48 encampments in the District of Columbia as of Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Police Department patrol units \u201care actively working with city officials to locate and clear additional encampments and remove homeless residents off of Washington\u2019s streets,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Leavitt told reporters days prior that homeless people in the city would be \u201cgiven the option to leave their encampment, to be taken to a homeless shelter, to be offered addiction or mental health services,\u201d and would be \u201csusceptible\u201d to fines or jail time if they refused.<\/p>\n

A day before Trump\u00a0declared<\/a> his \u201ccrime emergency\u201d in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, the president wrote on\u00a0social media<\/a> that homeless people must move out \u201cIMMEDIATELY.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Days later, bulldozers and garbage trucks were at work dismantling campsites.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0WTOP News<\/a> last week, leaders in the surrounding area of Montgomery County, Maryland, were preparing for a potential rise of homeless people in the county as a result of the president\u2019s crackdown.<\/p>\n

An annual\u00a0point-in-time count<\/a> released in May from the\u00a0Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments<\/a> saw 5,138 people experiencing homelessness in the district on one night in 2025 \u2014 a 9% decrease compared to 2024.<\/p>\n

Homeless people\u2019s belongings tossed<\/h4>\n

Jesse Rabinowitz, campaign and communications director at the National Homelessness Law Center, said \u201cthings seem so fluid and so chaotic that it\u2019s hard to get an accurate representation\u201d of where Trump\u2019s campaign to get homeless people out of sight stands.<\/p>\n

Rabinowitz said last week he witnessed the tossing of people\u2019s belongings and the evictions of people experiencing homelessness, noting that \u201cit was fast, it was chaotic, it was expensive, and it didn\u2019t help anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that clearing encampments makes it harder for people to get into housing,\u201d he added. \u201cPeople\u2019s IDs that they need to get into housing are destroyed, people\u2019s medications that they need to stay healthy are thrown away, people\u2019s bikes that they need to get to work are often trashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, said the practice and policy of fining, ticketing and arresting people rather than creating housing and services for them is \u201cdevastating\u201d \u2014 both to people experiencing homelessness and the providers who serve them.<\/p>\n

Oliva said outreach workers can lose track of people that they\u2019ve been working with for a long time, destroying trust between the two.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s some of what I\u2019ve seen over the last week here \u2014 as providers are trying to keep people as safe as possible, it\u2019s getting harder to track them down to make sure that they can provide the services that are necessary for folks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Street outreach teams at work<\/h4>\n

Lara Pukatch, chief advocacy officer at Miriam\u2019s Kitchen, said the organization, which works to end chronic homelessness in Washington, D.C., is \u201cdeeply concerned about what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pukatch said the group\u2019s street outreach teams \u201chave really been working almost around the clock to address what\u2019s going on,\u201d including sharing information with people living outside when they hear about threats of encampment evictions to make sure they know what\u2019s happening and the options they have.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also involves working nights, working weekends, connecting people to the life-saving supplies and supports that they\u2019ve always needed, but in addition, really working hard with people to make sure that they\u2019re safe and that they are not going to be further harmed or traumatized by what\u2019s happening in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

July executive order<\/h4>\n

Trump\u2019s federal takeover in Washington, D.C., and the encampment clearings build off of the sweeping\u00a0July executive order<\/a> he signed.<\/p>\n

The order says it aims to end federal support for \u201cHousing First\u201d policies that \u201cdeprioritize accountability and fail to promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency.\u201d The \u201cHousing First\u201d model focuses on providing immediate housing, with services offered afterward.<\/p>\n

The order also calls on Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner to ensure that programs receiving federal housing and homelessness assistance require people with \u201csubstance use disorder or serious mental illness\u201d obtain treatment or mental health services in order to participate.<\/p>\n

Part of the order also encourages involuntary civil commitment expansion, where individuals with mental health conditions are placed into treatment facilities against their wishes.<\/p>\n

Administration officials who say they are fighting crime in the district have also emphasized actions of homeless people. Vice President JD Vance, talking to National Guard troops at Union Station on Wednesday with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, said when he visited the transit center with his children two years ago, they were \u201cscreamed at by violent vagrants and it was scaring the hell out of my kids.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, he said,\u00a0\u201cDC is already safer than it was nine days ago. We\u2019re going to make it safer still to come. This is your city. You should feel free to come and visit here, have a meal, see all these incredible monuments, and actually enjoy yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supreme Court decision<\/h4>\n

Oliva, of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, noted that while the events of the past week are \u201ccertainly alarming,\u201d they mark a broader trend that has gained steam, beginning with the\u00a02024 Supreme Court decision<\/a> that allowed cities to punish homeless people for sleeping outdoors, even where there is no shelter available to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen since President Trump came into office is a series of policies put in place \u2014 or attempted to put in place \u2014 through executive orders that really don\u2019t do anything to address the root causes of homelessness because we know that homelessness itself is not actually a criminal issue, it\u2019s an economic issue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Though the president\u2019s federal takeover has a 30-day limit, Trump wants an extension, leading to questions about how long these actions will continue.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial is cleared by employees of the Washington, D.C., government on Aug. 14, 2025. City officials put notices at the camp that they would be breaking it down after President Donald Trump issued his “crime emergency” order. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) WASHINGTON \u2014 Officials have already cleared dozens…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial is cleared by employees of the Washington, D.C., government on Aug. 14, 2025. City officials put notices at the camp that they would be breaking it down after President Donald Trump issued his “crime emergency” order. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) WASHINGTON \u2014 Officials have already cleared dozens...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Hildebrand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Hildebrand\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Hildebrand\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0\"},\"headline\":\"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":1164,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\",\"name\":\"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"WestplexNews.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WestplexNews.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png\",\"width\":690,\"height\":242,\"caption\":\"WestplexNews.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0\",\"name\":\"Brad Hildebrand\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brad Hildebrand\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/Westplexnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/author\/bradh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com","og_description":"A homeless encampment near the Lincoln Memorial is cleared by employees of the Washington, D.C., government on Aug. 14, 2025. City officials put notices at the camp that they would be breaking it down after President Donald Trump issued his “crime emergency” order. \u00a0(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) WASHINGTON \u2014 Officials have already cleared dozens...","og_url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/","og_site_name":"WestplexNews.com","article_published_time":"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Brad Hildebrand","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brad Hildebrand","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Brad Hildebrand","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0"},"headline":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run","datePublished":"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/"},"wordCount":1164,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/","name":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run - WestplexNews.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-21T20:11:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dchomeless-1024x683-D3TGXB.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-issued-an-order-targeting-homeless-people-in-d-c-hes-giving-it-a-test-run-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump issued an order targeting homeless people. In D.C., he\u2019s giving it a test run"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/","name":"WestplexNews.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization","name":"WestplexNews.com","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png","width":690,"height":242,"caption":"WestplexNews.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0","name":"Brad Hildebrand","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brad Hildebrand"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Westplexnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/author\/bradh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}