Former President Donald Trump's plan to criminalize homelessness was met with disdain from critics.
The civil rights lawyer said any time homelessness is criminalized, it results in people being much less likely to reach out to social services or nonprofit groups for fear that they will be reported for a crime. He said it can have even further implications by discouraging those who would normally volunteer or aid the homeless.
"If you're worried about being arrested for supporting somebody who's committing a crime, are you going to deliver free water to them? Are you going to deliver a meal? The next thing that will happen is that Trump will criminalize assisting people committing the crime of being homeless," Mills said, adding that he's witnessed it happen in his neighborhood where local politicians are trying to prevent handing out food on the grounds that it just encourages homelessness.
Trump said his proposal calls for creating"tent cities" and relocating homeless people to"large parcels of inexpensive land" with access to doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and drug rehab specialists. He claims his plan will once again make cities"livable" and"beautiful." "For those who are just temporarily down on their luck, we will work to help them quickly reintegrate into a normal life for those who have addictions, substance abuse and common mental health problems, we will get them into treatment."
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