In a letter joined by Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Mike Schultz, Cox charged board members, which include Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and State Homeless Coordinator Wayne Niederhauser, to “fulfill the President’s executive order and uphold public safety.”

"People need homes, not handcuffs; health care, not institutionalization; and above all, compassion, not criminality," said Maxine Waters.

City leaders and homelessness advocates across West Michigan are reacting with caution to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans is objecting to an executive order by President Donald Trump that directs state and local officials to forcibly move people living on the streets into long-term “institutional settings.

Denver-area homeless advocates are pushing back against President Trump's new executive order encouraging involuntary civil commitment of people experiencing homelessness. Why it matters: The order calls on local governments to use a controversial practice that puts people with mental health disorders into treatment without their consent,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at requiring cities to take a more muscular approach to homelessness, mental illness and drug use.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to address homelessness by encouraging cities to enforce stricter measures like involuntary commitment and bans on urban camping.