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Chinese citizens in Texas are incensed over a proposal to ban them from buying property in the state
NBC News ^ | Feb. 16, 2023, 4:24 PM EST | Sakshi Venkatraman

Posted on 02/17/2023 6:32:26 AM PST by deport

Activist Ling Luo says her Chinese community in Texas has gone from
fearful to infuriated — and they’re demanding that their voices be heard.

By the hundreds, they’ve been taking to the streets all over the state,
pleading with elected officials to kill a piece of legislation they fear
could threaten their futures.

A bill introduced in the Texas Senate in late December has been gaining
over the past month, and it came as a bombshell to Asian Americans and
others across the state. The legislation, SB 147, would make it illegal for
Chinese citizens to buy any property in Texas, including homes.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: ownership; property; rights
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Interesting but this won't stand the legal appeals, imo.
1 posted on 02/17/2023 6:32:26 AM PST by deport
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To: deport

Can I buy property in China?


2 posted on 02/17/2023 6:34:26 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: deport

This was once enshrined in Oregon’s constitution.


3 posted on 02/17/2023 6:34:31 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Morning Maria reported from her border contacts that at the Rio Grand Crossing (ALONE), BP allows 30 mainland CCP /PLA connected Chinese to enter DAILY. Do the math.


4 posted on 02/17/2023 6:34:46 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Perhaps but you might not be allowed to keep it. We discovered that partnering with a church in Ukraine. We bought the building for the church and the state took it away


5 posted on 02/17/2023 6:37:05 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: deport

Housing property...is fine....Commercial.....not so fine.


6 posted on 02/17/2023 6:37:56 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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...it came as a bombshell to Asian Americans and others across the state.

This applies to Red Chinese citizens, so why would Asian-Americans be concerned?

7 posted on 02/17/2023 6:39:51 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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Housing property...is fine....Commercial.....not so fine.

So you're ok with letting a Communist set up shop in your neighborhood?

8 posted on 02/17/2023 6:39:52 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: deport

9 posted on 02/17/2023 6:40:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: deport

I do not believe you can buy property in Mexico without a Mexican citizen “partner” I think only citizens should be allowed property...get your citizenship...THEN buy some.


10 posted on 02/17/2023 6:40:49 AM PST by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders wh to sile ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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We did. We owned an apartment in Wuhan when I was in grad school there. You cannot open a factory without a Chinese partner. I do not know if you you could buy 5 properties and rent 4 of them out.


11 posted on 02/17/2023 6:41:17 AM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: dfwgator

Once again, Monty Python was ahead of the curve.


12 posted on 02/17/2023 6:41:35 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Agreed, and sorry for innocents, but I’d insist on an extreme background check that would feel like a colonoscopy of finances and communications with the homeland.

China —and many Chinese by extension—are not to be trusted as has been clearly demonstrated.


13 posted on 02/17/2023 6:41:43 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: deport

I have been told that if you buy property in Mexico, it has to be in the name of a Mexican citizen.


14 posted on 02/17/2023 6:41:45 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: deport
Interesting but this won't stand the legal appeals, imo.

Nope, it's DOA.
15 posted on 02/17/2023 6:44:23 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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2 effin baaad!


16 posted on 02/17/2023 6:45:40 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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You can’t just cherry pick countries like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea because they are so called enemies of the state. Many Chinese green card, permanent residents or here on a working visa are academic or short term on business. Buying up vast quantities of farmland near military installations is different.


17 posted on 02/17/2023 6:47:21 AM PST by erlayman
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I think you can as a gringo, but as a 99-year lease, which can be terminated by the MexGov at will for specific reasons.


18 posted on 02/17/2023 6:48:00 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Right?


19 posted on 02/17/2023 6:48:29 AM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: erlayman

Permanent residents are not prohibited from buying property.


20 posted on 02/17/2023 6:51:00 AM PST by marktwain
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