WASHINGTON — Homeless people in DC will be given the option of going to a shelter — or, if they refuse, jail — as part of President Trump’s sweeping crime crackdown in the capital , White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

“The new federal agencies who have been surging on the streets of the District of Columbia are going to enforce the laws that are already on the books here in Washington, DC,” Leavitt said.

“For far too long, these laws have been completely ignored and the homelessness problem has ravaged the city. So DC Code 22-1307 and DC Municipal Regulation 24-100 give the Metropolitan Police Department the authority to take action when it comes to homeless encampments.”

Leavitt said that “homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their encampment,

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