Miami housing advocates protest homeless encampment arrests and deportations

Organizers held a “Homeless Solidarity Sleepover” on Aug. 3 at a public park in Miami Beach to challenge city laws that criminalize homelessness. Members of the Miami Coalition to Advance Racial Equity (MCARE) and the National Coalition for the Homeless held the sleepover at Lummus Park, directly across from the iconic former Versace Mansion. The groups said they intended to protest the city’s practice of arresting and deporting homeless people, which critics argue is both discriminatory and inhumane.

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