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Joe Lonsdale's Cicero Institute is pushing policies to make sleeping outdoors a federal crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening to the billionaire's homelessness crackdown agenda.
Joe Lonsdale's Cicero Institute is actively pushing for policies that would make sleeping outdoors a federal crime. The Trump administration is reportedly listening to this agenda. Under the current administration, a billionaire's think tank has direct influence over federal policy direction on homelessness.
This is straightforward: a wealthy tech executive whose company profits from data collection and surveillance is using his think tank to advocate for policies that would criminalize poverty. Criminalizing homelessness doesn't house people—it creates a pipeline to the criminal justice system. It also creates more opportunities for police to gather data on individuals, which companies like Palantir can then access. The business logic is clean, even if it's stated quietly. Lonsdale isn't hiding his position. He's stating it publicly through an institution bearing his name.
The fact that the Trump administration is receptive matters because it signals the policy isn't fringe anymore—it's being seriously considered for federal implementation. If homelessness becomes a federal crime, it opens a new avenue for aggressive policing and data collection. States and cities that try to resist would face pressure from federal law.
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