1. United States
2. Ill.
3. Letter

I am one of your constituents and a Clinical Health Psychologist, licensed in the state of Illinois. I am writing to express alarm and urgency regarding the executive order on "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets.” I implore you to oppose and speak out loudly against this order before the healthcare system is dragged into wildly unethical overreach and gross distortion of clinical practice. This order raises significant civil liberties concerns. Its vague language could enable the mass institutionalization of homeless individuals and those with mental illness or substance use disorders, even if they have not committed any crime. Expanding civil commitment laws and undermining judicial precedents protecting individual rights is an extreme overreach that threatens to violate constitutional protections. Rather than criminalize homelessness and addiction, we should focus resources on evidence-based treatment, housing assistance, and addressing root causes like poverty and lack of healthcare access. Indiscriminately removing individuals from public spaces without due process or appropriate care is inhumane and unconstitutional. I urge you to vigorously oppose this order and uphold the civil rights of all Americans.