[Reno89519]

This should be so easy—Squaters have no contract with the owner, they get removed for trespass, vandalism, burglery, jailed, deported, maybe shot. Renters have contract, they go through legal eviction if necessary. Two very different situations.

[Rockingham]

The dodge that squatters often use is to phony up a lease and claim that they are there legally. Faced with contradictory stories, the cops tend to back down and call it a civil matter.

[Senormechanico]

It should be legal to shoot them.