Protesters at Occupy D.C. have vowed to remain in two parks near the White House, despite an eviction order to stop camping on federal land. The National Park Service set a noon deadline on Monday, but protesters refused to leave.

Michael Acosto: “I am not breaking the law. I am practicing my First Amendment right. And for someone to come and take the things that I need to survive, I think that is wrong. And, you know, badge or not, that is breaking the law, and I will not allow someone to confiscate my things.”

Several Occupy D.C. protesters warned that some residents of the encampment had nowhere else to go.

“Captain,” Occupy D.C. protester from Vermont: “I would like to see us be able to stay here and continue camping, and Park Police to get scared enough not to come in and try to enforce it. That would be great, because I know, for a lot of people, this is the only place that they can go. There aren’t shelters where they can go. They don’t have homes, warm places to live, so… And this has become such a huge family that it’s—no one wants to leave. It’s a great community.”