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Texas Senate passes bill banning citizens from hostile nations from buying farmland
One America News ^ | 12:12 PM – Saturday, April 29, 2023 | Roy Francis

Posted on 04/29/2023 11:09:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Under a new bill that was passed by the Texas state Senate, citizens from countries that pose a threat to the United States would not be allowed to own certain types of lands.

The new bill, Senate Bill 147, would ban citizens from countries that have been named on the Director of National Intelligence’s National Threat Assessment for three years in a row, or more. The only nations that fall under that criteria would be China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. However, lawful permanent residents and dual citizens would be exempted. […]

However, the bill only bans certain areas from being available for purchase by citizens from the listed nations. The areas that the bill lists are agriculture, oil, timber, and mineral-bearing areas. The bill lists these areas as off limits due to the threat that foreign ownership would pose to the state and the country. […]

Members of the Houston Asian community opposed the bill and held rallies near the office of Senator Kolkhorst in protest. The protesters called the bill “racist and xenophobic.”

June Xu, a member of the Houston Asian community said that even though the bill was altered and “watered down,” it was still discriminatory and racial profiling. …

(Excerpt) Read more at oann.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: communism; land; landgrab; realty; redchina; sb147; texas
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1 posted on 04/29/2023 11:09:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Shouldn’t allow any foreigners to buy up land.


2 posted on 04/29/2023 11:13:00 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree
Shouldn’t allow any foreigners to buy up land.

Yep.

3 posted on 04/29/2023 11:31:29 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Olog-hai

let them buy all the land they want.
Just everything the land produces
can only be sold in the USA. no export.


4 posted on 04/30/2023 12:12:36 AM PDT by rellic
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To: NWFree

Or Bill gates of Hell.


5 posted on 04/30/2023 12:16:53 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: Olog-hai
Is the US government considered a "hostile nation?"

Sometimes it acts like one to its own citizens.

6 posted on 04/30/2023 12:21:10 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: rellic

Why?


7 posted on 04/30/2023 12:26:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Why?
Nobody really owns land, we just get to use it.
If you died tomorrow could you take it with you?


8 posted on 04/30/2023 12:42:29 AM PDT by rellic
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To: rellic

Why sell the land God gave you to the enemies of God (communists)??


9 posted on 04/30/2023 12:57:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Blackrock should be added to the list. Home grown wokester prik of a company.


10 posted on 04/30/2023 1:33:21 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Olog-hai

maybe the rest of the world needs to do this towards US citizens as well, considering we are the most hostile nation militarily


11 posted on 04/30/2023 1:53:11 AM PDT by Katya (lacking in the feelings department, )
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To: rellic

Nobody owns land outright. Property taxes sees to that


12 posted on 04/30/2023 2:09:26 AM PDT by albie
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To: Olog-hai

It’s dead. Unconstitutional. Would be nice but a meaningless gesture by the Pols.


13 posted on 04/30/2023 5:10:37 AM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: Olog-hai
Why?

China, of course. Texas is not like jackass Minnesota.

14 posted on 04/30/2023 5:19:29 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: NWFree

It’s no big deal. There is lots and lots of American land. They can’t carry it off.

American land is one of the best and safest investments in the world.

The problem is not land ownership but rather land usage. It is the usage that must be monitored and perhaps regulated

I am reminded of Japan in the 80’s. The Japanese had lots of cash that needed a safe place to be invested. They bought real estate. Guess what? It’s all still there.


15 posted on 04/30/2023 5:19:32 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: rellic

“Nobody really owns land”


We own land that my ancestors bought 130 years ago. I think that qualifies for “ownership”. (Yes, we pay taxes)

One of those ancestors grave maker has this on it:

https://twitter.com/TX_1/status/813228188323160066

And his ancestors fought in the American Revolution.


16 posted on 04/30/2023 6:37:10 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born but a State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Olog-hai

HOW ABOUT NO OTHER NATIONALITY & ALL LAND....PERIOD???

They are the camel’s nose under the tent.


17 posted on 04/30/2023 6:39:58 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: rellic

NO-—NOTHING


18 posted on 04/30/2023 6:40:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Olog-hai

What about CCP owned companies in the USA?


19 posted on 04/30/2023 6:53:57 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: NWFree
Yep number two.

Force foreign owners of land to sell.

While you are at it, no major capital purchases by foreigners.

No ownership of single family homes by corporations.

Force THEM to divest right now.

Keep the US for We the People.

Keep the American Dream alive.

20 posted on 04/30/2023 7:03:54 AM PDT by caddie (We must all become Trump, starting now!)
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