The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees” that limit jurisdictions’ abilities to relocate homeless people.

President Donald Trump wants cities to force treatment on people with severe mental illness or addiction who are living outside. An executive order signed late last week aims to remove “vagrant” individuals from streets across the country and place them in long-term institutional settings to “restore public order.

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness Director of State Legislative Policy, Equity, and Transformation Niya Kelly talks about the newly signed executive order. It would allow involuntary civil commitment of some unhoused people.