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This executive order on "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets" 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.