Protests in front of the White House and the National Mall in Washington D.C. may become more expensive as the National Park Service is seemingly putting their foot down.

When hundreds or thousands of protesters come into the nation’s capital, carrying their signs and literature to protest President Trump and something he’s doing for the country and create messes, they don’t stick around to clean them. The National Park Service does — and they’ve had enough.

As the Hill reports, a new proposal from the agency will close off areas to organized protests for permit-only and some others will be charged a fee to protest.

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The Trump administration is proposing to overhaul rules for protests in front of the White House and at other iconic locations in Washington, D.C., in an effort that opponents say is aimed at shutting down free speech. The National Park Service’s (NPS) proposal, for which public comments are due by Monday, would close much of the sidewalk north of the White House to protests, limit the ability for groups to have spontaneous protests without permits in that area and on the National Mall and open the door to potentially charging some demonstrating groups fees and costs for their events. The plan was released in August with little fanfare. But civil rights groups have been sounding alarm bells in recent days as the comment period comes to a close.

The Washington Examiner has more:

The 14 changes, first proposed in August, would modify existing regulations on how the NPS processes permit applications for demonstrations and special events. The rule would also identify locations where activities are allowed, not allowed, or allowed but subject to restrictions — which would include limitations on the size of signs, flags, and similar items carried into the area. The number and size of demonstrations held in the district has increased substantially in recent years, with an average 750 protest permits annually, the Post reported. In 2017, the district had 714 permitted demonstrations, which included the first “Women’s March” that followed the president’s inauguration and brought tens of thousands to the Mall and surrounding streets. Notable protests from this year included the “March for Our Lives” — an anti-gun-violence rally which saw an attendance of hundreds of thousands and was a nationally televised event.

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The NPS has announced they allow until Monday to hear public comments. Critics of the proposal are expressing themselves online and over social media.

“This administration’s come in with the most bold and consequential overhaul. The consequences are enormous,” Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, said via The Hill.

“There’s never been such a large effort at rewriting these regulations,” she added. “I don’t think there can be any question that these revisions will have the intent and certainly the effect of stifling the ability of the public to protest.”

And, “If these regulations go through in current form or a substantially similar iteration, we are prepared to have them enjoined. We believe that they are unconstitutional and fundamentally unsound. And moreover, they are unjustified.”

As the BizPac Review reports, the ACLU argues Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 in Washington D.C. would not have taken place under the new rule.

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“National parks must be accessible and open to the American public for peaceful assembly,” Democratic lawmakers including Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva and New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. “While the recuperation of costs may be an appropriate standard for special events that are celebratory or entertainment-oriented, the proposed shift could have the disastrous result of undermining the freedoms of expression and assembly — which are fundamental constitutional rights — in one of our nation’s premier public parks,” they wrote.

Many others expressed support for the move online:

Only right that they pay. They do a lot of damage to the grass and concrete and there is always trash that they leave behind. — Carolyn (@CaryurC) October 13, 2018

I agree — C Will (@fmuoutsider) October 13, 2018

Well, if they are going to trash everything, it makes some sense. During TEA Party events we always left everything MORE clean, out of respect for what we were fighting for. — We the People Game (@GameCzar1) October 13, 2018

Yes please. I am not a happy taxpayer to be paying for these people’s entertainment. — Tony Lyons (@tonylyons15) October 13, 2018

Hell yes. Why burden the taxpayers with the damage and trash these groups bring. — MJP Vette (@MadVette001) October 13, 2018

Better yet why don’t they get a real job that makes a positive impact to our society. — Corey (@weezerroberts) October 13, 2018