Florida’s anti-Chinese law driven by domestic politics, faces legal challenge

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The law bans Chinese who are not yet US citizens or green card holders from buying property of any kind. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - Next Tuesday, a judge in Florida will hear a challenge to a law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in May that bans Chinese nationals or Chinese who have “domicile” in China from buying property in the state.burnish his nationalist credentialsThey also see it as an example of how geopolitical competition with China and anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States can turn into xenophobia when stoked by domestic politics.

On June 27, the Department of Justice weighed in, saying “unlawful provisions” in the law “will cause serious harm to people simply because of their national origin, contravene federal civil rights laws, undermine constitutional rights, and will not advance the State’s purported goal of increasing public safety”.

Under the new law, individuals who were born in China but are not yet US citizens or green card holders cannot purchase or own any land or building, commercial or otherwise, in Florida. ACLU said: “This misguided rationale unfairly equates Chinese people with the actions of their government, and there is no evidence of national security harm resulting from real estate ownership by Chinese people in Florida.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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