This article originally ran in Street Sense Media and is reprinted here with permission.

In a move that sent shock waves through city residents, particularly service providers and those experiencing homelessness, President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and deployed the National Guard to D.C. on Aug. 11.

In his announcement, Trump, who has frequently linked crime and homelessness, framed unsheltered homelessness and encampments as part of the city’s alleged crime problem . He directed law enforcement to remove tents and threatened to remove people experiencing homelessness from the city.

Over the following days, outreach workers scrambled to help people find safe places to sleep, putting them up in hotels or moving them into shelters, w

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