As part of its crackdown on crime and cleanliness in D.C., President Donald Trump’s administration this week said it would crack down on homelessness, leading the city’s homeless population anxiously anticipating what will come next.

Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said homeless people living in encampments would be offered shelter and other resources. If they refuse to leave, she said, they could be fined or jailed.

Some of D.C.’s homeless residents were packing their belongings Thursday, before expected sweeps to clear out remaining encampments around the nation’s capital.

Around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, about a dozen federal law enforcement officers were on the streets near Washington Circle Park in Foggy Bottom.

“On the tents are notices from the D.C.

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