Louisiana lawmakers aim to curb farmland purchases by nation's enemies

Just the News ^ | 5/4/23 | Victor Skinner

[CFW]

Foreign adversaries could be banned from owning or leasing agricultural lands in Louisiana under legislation approved in a House committee this week.

House Bill 125, sponsored by Rep. Michael Echols, R-Monroe, is pending a floor vote in the House after members of the Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development Committee unanimously approved the measure on Wednesday. Similar legislation is pending in the Senate.

"This bill is really centered around foreign adversaries who are coming to Louisiana, acquiring agricultural lands, acquiring lands near our military bases, and this is imposing more a national security threat than we have seen in many decades before," Echols told the committee. "Because of these agricultural acquisitions, it’s posing a threat now to national security, our food security, and even some of our critical infrastructure because agricultural land is considered critical infrastructure."

[CFW]

Louisiana may join several other states in curbing the purchase of farmland by Chinese nationalists.

[imabadboy99]

Let it be known to future generations that the modern day obsession / religion of “Diversity” and everything that goes with it including open borders, is what led to the downfall of the greatest country in the history of the world. We aren’t even united enough to stop foreign enemies from buying up our farmland “because diversity”. Such a pathetic ending to such a formerly great country.

[ro_dreaming]

Texas passed (or is passing?) a similar law.

Frankly, it should be a national law that foreign entities, persons representing foreign governments, etc. cannot own property at all (whether a home, or farmland, or a 30 story building) in the US. I wonder if any of the slumlords in NY, LA, etc. are owned by China, etc., via various shell corporations.

[beachn4fun]

I totally agree with you. I’ve been saying that no foreign country should own American land. It’s totally absurd. But as we are aware, this is another sneaky attempt to take down this wonderful country. And our own government selling us out by allowing it.