SALT LAKE CITY — On Monday, President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C., to crack down on crime and homelessness in the U.S. capital.

In a social media post on Sunday, the president said homeless people in the area “must move out immediately.” He also said the federal government would give them someplace to stay, “but far from the Capital.”

It’s a questionable move said Glenn Bailey, executive cirector of the Crossroads Urban Center in Salt Lake City.

“The question is: Where will they go? I mean, he’s made a statement that he wants them out of town, far away from D.C., but I don’t really know what that means, or where that means, or what kind of housing that might be,” Bailey said.

There are about 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in Washington D.C., Bailey sai

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