Treatment or prison: Trump's solutions for homelessness in DC

The Trump administration has begun to carry out different actions to restore normalcy in Washington, D.C., and liquidate the crime crisis that the city is suffering. The president is not only taking on this issue, but also others such as homelessness.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her routine appearance on Tuesday that the Trump administration is offering solutions to all those living in makeshift camps located in the streets and parks of the capital.

The main remedy the federal administration is offering the homeless is the opportunity to go to specific centers where they can receive care and treatment. President Donald Trump's government wants these people to accept such a proposal, and it has issued a warning to all those who reject it.

"Homeless shelters, [being] offered addiction and mental health services, or jail if they refuse are the options on the table right now," Leavitt responded, when asked about the Trump administration's solutions for the homeless.

Dozens of homeless camps dismantled

Aside from the solutions offered by the White House, Leavitt reported that since the Trump administration took the reins in D.C., dozens of homeless encampments have been successfully "dismantled."

"Seventy homeless encampments have been removed by the U.S. Park Police. ... There are only two homeless encampments remaining in D.C. federal parks under the National Park Service's jurisdiction, and the removal of those two remaining camps is scheduled for this week," the White House press secretary said.

Leavitt also said that the Trump administration is considering moving these encampments to the periphery so they are not concentrated downtown or in hot spots in the nation's capital.