President Donald Trump has ordered the immediate removal of homeless encampments from parks and other public spaces across Washington, D.C., expanding a public-safety push that began with last week’s federal takeover of the city’s police force. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said people living outdoors will be offered shelter beds as well as addiction or mental-health treatment, but warned that anyone who declines assistance could be fined or jailed under long-standing but seldom-enforced District laws (D.C. Code §22-1307 and D.C. Municipal Reg. §24-100). Leavitt told reporters that the U.S. Park Police have dismantled about 70 encampments since March and expect to clear the last two on federal land this week. Crews backed by National Guard troops and Metropolitan Police officers used heavy machinery on Wednesday to raze tents near the Kennedy Center and Union Station. The administration is also studying relocation sites “far from the capital,” she added. Advocacy groups say as many as 900 unsheltered residents could be displaced and argue the threat of arrest is unlawful, but the White House contends the measures are needed to “make the nation’s capital safe and beautiful again.”