Lawmakers in Texas, Florida, Arkansas and in Congress have proposed laws banning citizens of China from buying land and buildings. Critics say the proposals hark back to previous racist laws preventing Asian Americans from becoming property owners.
State Department spokesman Ned Price called out China for sending a spy balloon above the U.S.Lawmakers in Texas, Florida, Arkansas and in Congress have proposed laws banning citizens of ChinaIt's a move they say will help protect the United States from interference by adversaries like China's government, which they accuse of spying, theft and risking the American food supply. Former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump has backed the efforts.
In 2021, Abbott signed a different Texas law forbidding citizens or the governments of North Korea, Russia, Iran and China from having ownership or contracts The federal government has already hit Russia with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, as well as on North Korea and Iran over their nuclear programs.
"The growing ownership of Texas land by some foreign entities is highly disturbing and raises red flags for many Texans," Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst said in a statement announcing her proposed law."By comparison, as an American, go try to buy land near a Chinese military base and see how it works out for you. It would never happen there, and it shouldn't happen here.
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