In recent months, officials in a handful of states have proposed legislation aimed at preventing citizens from select foreign countries from owning property.
In Texas, a bill to ban Iranian, Syrian, North Korean, Russian, and Chinese citizens from buying farmlands advanced to the state Senate.
A bill in Florida banning citizens of most of the same countries from buying property near "Critical infrastructure" was signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In some cases, the bills include even more far-reaching restrictions that would, for example, ban foreign citizens enrollment in public universities.
Despite the questionable security benefits of the laws, DeSantis championed the bill in his state as "One example of Florida really leading the nation in terms of what we're doing to stop the influence of the Chinese Communist party." The measure in Florida, set to take effect on July 1, would ban property purchases within 10 miles of sites deemed to be critical infrastructure.
Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Al Green, D-Texas - aims to preempt state legislation seeking to ban property purchases based on citizenship.
A press release announcing the bill last week took aim at the laws for unjustly discriminating against individual citizens of foreign governments.
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/02/china-iran-citizens-property-ban-bill/
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