Citizens of nations that pose a threat to U.S. national security would be banned from owning certain types of land in Texas under a bill that passed the state senate on Wednesday.
Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst on her bill that would ban China from buying property
Citizens of countries that pose a national security threat to the U.S. would be banned from owning certain types ofThe legislation targets any nation that has been named on the Director of National Intelligence's National Threat Assessment for three years in a row.
"Senate Bill 147 strikes the balance of national security – and the state is vital to our national security – while also allowing those that are seeking freedom, seeking asylum, fleeing these authoritarian regimes, to come here and live their lives and live the American dream," Republican Texas Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, who introduced the bill, told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
State Senator Lois Kolkhorst, a Republican from Texas, speaks during a Texas Senate Committee hearing in Marshall, Texas. The bill specifies that only land where foreign ownership would pose a threat is off-limits, such as agriculture, oil, timber, and mineral-bearing areas.
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