The closing of community mental health centers under Reagan is a primary cause of homelessness. But, this evil EO is a radically different policy: it's forced institutionalization. The homeless population is in desparate need of mental health services, not prison by another name.
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
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Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and