I think you are in violent agreement with the parent post: "ability to remove people ... with little repercussion" literally means: they (authorities) can order

I think you are in violent agreement with the parent post: "ability to remove people ... with little repercussion" literally means: they (authorities) can order people move, and it costs them (authorities) little or nothing at all. It costs the moved people a great deal, but the government doesn't care.