India, Aug. 14 -- After President Donald Trump announced the takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department and deployment of the National Guard, the focus is on the removal of homeless encampments from the US capital.

The President vowed to relocate unhoused individuals "far from the Capital" as part of a broader federal policing takeover.

While Trump has framed the effort as a crackdown on crime and urban decay amid what he termed as a "criminal emergency", critics say the approach ignores the root causes of homelessness and risks criminalizing poverty.

At a press conference this week, Trump confirmed plans to clear homeless encampments across the District and relocate residents away from the city centre. However, his exact plan...