The Sunshine State is taking extra measures to stay away from Chinese influence.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) recently signed legislation banning Chinese citizens from purchasing land in Florida unless they are also U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
“We don't want the [Chinese Communist Party] in the Sunshine State,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Brooksville, Florida. “We want to maintain this as the free state of Florida.”
DeSantis highlighted concerns about the CCP's “concerted effort to acquire farmland throughout the United States,” including in the Sunshine State.
“Food security is also national security, and so we don't want the CCP in charge of any food production,” DeSantis said.
Fox News reported that China owned 352,140 acres of U.S. land in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 1% of total foreign-held acres. Canadian investors owned 12.4 million acres the same year, the most of any foreign country.
Senate Bill 264 also bans citizens of Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela — labeled “countries of concern” — from owning land within 10 miles of military bases and critical infrastructure like airports and power plants.
However, only Chinese residents would be banned from owning land anywhere in Florida.
Other states, such as Texas, are considering adopting similar measures. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced national legislation calling for a full ban on those associated with China from buying real estate on American soil.
DeSantis said he hopes all states follow Florida's lead.
“We really need to have a unified effort in this country to deter the CCP's ambitions and their influence,” he said. “Part of that is asserting our economic sovereignty.”
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We should have never recognized Communist Red China. Their goal is to take over Taiwan. In order to do that, they have to destroy the USA. And buying up farmland is one way they are doing that.
OR: their goal is take over the entire world. To do that, they must destroy the USA…after they take over Taiwan.
Our land shouldn’t be for sale to ANY foreign country, friend or foe.
And if they don’t like it, that’s just too bad.
Hooray FL awesome Bravo more $$$ if sold
CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, IRAQ AND ALL THE OTHER NATIONS WHO HATE US SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO BUY ANY LAND, HOUSES, BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS. THEY ALSO SHOULD BE BANNED FROM DONATIONS TO ANY POLITICIAN AND SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THIS COUNTRY AND ADD THE SOROS NAME TO THAT LIST AND ALL ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO THAT COMMUNIST BASTARD, CANCEL HIS DUEL CITIZENSHIP FREEZE HIS MONEY AND EVERYTHING HE OWNS, STOP THE DEATH OF THIS COUNTRY FROM ANIMALS LIKE HIM !
It should be noted that any US citizen of Chinese descent can purchase land anywhere in the US willingly or under duress on behalf of the Chinese communists.