Senate Bill 147 would ban citizens of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from owning property in Texas. The bill has been called racist and unconstitutional....
did not target citizens and banned companies from those countries from purchasing critical infrastructure.
The bills are among several aimed at Chinese citizens filed this session. A similar bill was also filed in the House, and other bills target social media, companies and products manufactured in China. Jin, the board director of DFW Chinese Alliance, said the bills are the latest in a long line that have targeted Asian-American communities. Among them was the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the 1913 Alien Land Law in California.
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