she said.
Sirius, a homeless man, described being dropped off at a center beyond the city's West End in the middle of the night.
"They call them Mormon centres or whatever, but it ain't nothing but a warehouse of cops. It looked like a Fema camp," he said.
He walked back to the city center, believing the sweeps are meant to make the city look good for tourists.
Drayvon Clark, another homeless man, expressed frustration: "A lot of our community has been pushed out by the World Cup.
We're not just dollar signs, we're more than that. We're people and we're frustrated that they've chosen to treat us less than human."
Clark noted that third-party park rangers were brought in to push people out.
>>> Two Men Sue North Dakota Hospital Over Alleged Baby Switch 40 Years Ago
"Not saying that we don't love soccer, we do love soccer, but it is traumatic," he said.
Nationwide, homelessness is a profound issue, with at least 770,000 unhoused people. The World Cup has accelerated clearance efforts in host cities.
Similar patterns occurred during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In Los Angeles, homeless people were placed in block-booked motels. In Dallas, an encampment of up to 200 tents near city hall was cleared.
Seattle's mayor pledged to build 500 new homes but only 50 were completed by the World Cup.
Sirius summed up the feeling of many: "This country is bred that way. We're a war country.
