{"id":2433275,"date":"2025-05-10T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-national-center-for-homeless-vets-paid-for-with-funds-previously-used-to-house-illegals\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:56:52","slug":"trump-announces-national-center-for-homeless-vets-paid-for-with-funds-previously-used-to-house-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-national-center-for-homeless-vets-paid-for-with-funds-previously-used-to-house-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Announces National Center for Homeless Vets, Paid for with Funds Previously Used to House Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-national-center-for-homeless-vets-paid-for-with-funds-previously-used-to-house-illegals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433275&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid ..., Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional ...s\">executive order<\/a> signed<\/a> by President Donald Trump to establish the National center for Warrior independence in Los Angeles, aimed at addressing the homelessness crisis among veterans. The initiative plans to repurpose funds that were previously allocated for illegal immigrants to support services for homeless veterans. The center will provide care, benefits, and treatment for substance abuse, with the goal of housing up to 6,000 veterans by 2028. Trump highlights the alarming rate of veteran homelessness in Los Angeles, urging that priority should be given to veterans over non-citizens. The article advocates for bipartisan support of this initiative, emphasizing the moral obligation to assist veterans who have served the country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>American last is out; America first is in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-build-national-center-homeless-veterans-funds-previously-spent-illegal-aliens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News reported<\/a> Friday that President Donald Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/keeping-promises-to-veterans-and-establishing-a-national-center-for-warrior-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> to establish a center for homeless veterans titled, &ldquo;KEEPING&nbsp;PROMISES TO VETERANS AND ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR INDEPENDENCE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This order will create the National Center for Warrior Independence in Los Angeles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-betrays-time-sides-california-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> on the Veterans Affairs campus.<\/p>\n<p>This funding, Fox says, will come from money previously used on illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>If this is not a total reversal, then what is?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/greater-los-angeles-health-care\/about-us\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA VA website<\/a>, the center was established in 1887 through a grant from former Republican Sen. John Percival Jones, &nbsp;Arcadia Bandini de Baker, and John Wolfskill.<\/p>\n<p>Trump writes this once great place declined over time, not accommodating veterans and allowing other entities to use the property for other means.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) leased parts of the property to a private school, private companies, and the baseball team of the University of California, Los Angeles, sometimes at significantly below-market prices,&rdquo; the order reads.<\/p>\n<p>Communicating the problem of homelessness for veterans, Trump said, &ldquo;As of 2024, there were approximately 3,000 homeless veterans in Los Angeles, more than in any other city in the country and accounting for about 10 percent of all of America&rsquo;s homeless veterans. &nbsp;Many of these heroes live in squalor in Los Angeles&rsquo;s infamous &lsquo;skid row.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His new initiative aims to change that.<\/p>\n<p>Fox highlighted the order aims to allow veterans to receive care, benefits, various services, treatment for substance abuse, and to work with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to use vouchers as a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s effort to house veterans there.<\/p>\n<p>The order&rsquo;s goal is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-ex-judge-cuffed-perp-walked-allegedly-housing-illegal-alien-gangbanger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing<\/a> up to 6,000 homeless veterans by 2028.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/publications-resources\/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In March 2023<\/a>, the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated the net cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">illegal immigration<\/a> at the beginning of that year to be $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p>During the term of former President Joe Biden, we saw outrageous steps taken to accommodate people illegally entering our country, some of these efforts are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like a no-brainer that America&rsquo;s veterans should take priority over illegal immigrants, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/many-democrats-not-happy-joe-biden-messy-appearance-view\/\">Biden<\/a> &ndash; suspected to be missing a brain &ndash; could not figure that out.<\/p>\n<p>We have our priorities completely backwards if we leave those who served to live in misery and squalor on the street while pampering people who do not even belong here.<\/p>\n<p>This should not be a partisan issue. 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