Someone keeps breaching the president's property in Palm Beach.
But the people responsible for stopping it haven't finished putting up a sign.
And a homeless woman previously banned from Mar-a-Lago just pushed a cart full of belongings onto Donald Trump’s property in broad daylight.
Banned, Warned, and Back Again
Li Hua Stevens, 65, a homeless Chinese native living in Palm Beach, pushed a utility cart loaded with her belongings onto the grounds of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate Saturday until Secret Service agents at the north exit gate spotted her and moved in.
There was nothing subtle about it.
Stevens walked past a prominent "RESTRICTED AREA: NO TRESPASSING" sign and kept going until federal officers detained her.
Palm Beach Police had already been down this road with her.
Back in May, Stevens was caught on the property and issued a formal trespass warning ordering her not to return to any Mar-a-Lago properties – a direct legal order with her name on it.
She ignored it.
Saturday's arrest netted her a misdemeanor trespassing charge.
But here's the part that should make every American ask a hard question: why is this still a misdemeanor?
Florida Has a Felony Law for Exactly This and It Hasn't Been Fully Activated
Florida lawmakers already saw this problem coming.
After nearly a dozen trespassing incidents at Mar-a-Lago following the 2024 assassination attempt on Trump – which triggered a Secret Service security zone designation for the property – the Florida legislature passed HB 1447, signed into law in 2025.
The legislation elevates trespassing at Secret Service-protected properties to a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines.
The catch: the law only activates once updated signage is posted on the property.
As of last fall, the Secret Service told CBS12 they were working on updating the signs – but couldn't provide a timeline.
That gap matters.
Stevens walked onto the president's property for the second time in three months and walked away on a $2,000 bond – pocket change for a repeat offender.
This is the same woman Palm Beach town surveillance caught in June entering a public garden, defecating in the landscaping, and leaving her mess behind.
She acknowledged it when police showed her the footage.
This isn't a hypothetical security failure.
It's a documented one.
This Is a Pattern Not a One-Off
Mar-a-Lago has become a magnet for trespassers since Trump took office – and the range of people showing up uninvited tells you something important about the threat environment around the 47th president.
In January 2025, a man named Bijan T. Arceo jumped the perimeter wall days after Trump's inauguration.
In June 2025, a Texas man named Anthony Thomas Reyes scaled the wall claiming he wanted to "marry" a member of the Trump family.
In September 2025, a Palm Beach woman identifying herself as "Christy Renee Trump" showed up at the gate after already receiving a trespass warning.
Some of these people are mentally unstable.
Some may be something worse.
In August 2020, three teenagers who jumped the Mar-a-Lago wall were stopped by helicopter and K-9 units – and one of their backpacks contained an AK-47.
The threat isn't theoretical.
It's been showing up in the driveway for years.
Stevens herself isn't a national security suspect.
She's a homeless woman racking up arrests across Palm Beach – trespassing on the president's property, defecating in public gardens, walking away each time on bond.
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But that's precisely the point.
The property hosting the President of the United States keeps getting breached by people who already received formal legal warnings to stay away.
A $2,000 bond for someone with no fixed address isn't a deterrent.
It's a revolving door.
Florida handed law enforcement the tool to end this pattern.
A five-year felony threat changes the calculus for everyone on that list above.
A misdemeanor doesn't deter anyone – and the Secret Service knows it.
Sources:
- Patrick Reilly, "Homeless Florida woman arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago – again," New York Post, August 25, 2026.
- Grace Bellinghausen, "Florida woman arrested after allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago, again," CBS12, August 24, 2026.
- "Signs are coming to Mar-a-Lago, and trespassers could face felony charges," CBS12, October 6, 2025.
- "A history of security breaches at Mar-a-Lago since Trump's 2016 election," The National Desk, February 23, 2026.
- Louis Casiano, "Chinese citizen arrested again, accused of trespassing at Trump's Mar-a-Lago," Fox News, November 8, 2024.
