After finally evicting a contractor-turned-squatter from their new home, a pair of Texas homeowners said that law enforcement made them feel like wrongdoers throughout their two-month ordeal.
Yudith Matthews and Abram Mendez, who bought the San Antonio home to accommodate their growing family, said they are “relieved” that the contractor has finally cleared out the last of his things. On Wednesday night, their family got together to secure and board up their new home to ensure the squatter — or other potential intruders — didn’t sneak back inside.
Until this week’s long-fought victory, they said they felt “powerless” amid a legal system that “takes advantage of homeowners… and the working class” over “entitled” squatters — even, they said, when their safety was jeopardized.
“If I [tried] to protect my house, I [would] get arrested,” Matthews told Fox News Digital. “Your heart is about to jump out of your chest. You’re concerned, you don’t sleep. …