Senate Bill 147 aims to prevent citizens, companies and government entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land. Democrats say the bill is discriminatory and offensive.
PUBLISHED 8:06 PM CST Jan. 26, 2023AUSTIN, Texas — Among the controversies before the Texas Legislature this session is whether citizens and governments from certain countries can purchase land in Texas. Democrats are opposed and Republicans seem to be in support.
Dr. Jim Riddlesperger, a political science professor with Texas Christian University, said these conversations play into bigger conversations about immigration. “You need to be very focused on your goals, and how this legislation would accomplish those goals,” Jillson said. “It's hard to really see it passing both houses of the Texas Legislature and being signed into law unless it can be defended as narrow and focused on a real problem.” to prevent foreign governments from purchasing agricultural land. A similar bill passed last session to prevent foreign governments from owning critical infrastructure, like power and water facilities.
In Senate Bill 552, Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, says Texas needs to ban the “hostile foreign governments” of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from access to agricultural land. “We have many international corporations, many people in agriculture, who have investments all over the world. And many of them have huge investments from Americans, and also investments by people from foreign countries,” he said.
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