10-02-2023, 07:03 PM
UPDATED 48 MINS AGO
The Texas proposal also would bar Russians, Iranians and North Koreans from owning real estate, but the principal target appears to be Chinese nationals.
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They include US citizens with Asian heritage but also Chinese permanent residents – or green card holders – who are not naturalised citizens.
“All these people are paying taxes here,” said Ms Ling Luo, a first-generation Chinese immigrant who is director of the Asian Americans Leadership Council. “(They) are paying a tremendous contribution to the universities, to education.”
Even though the proposal also targets other nationalities, Ms Luo said the Chinese are most numerous. Others say ethnic Chinese are simply the target of discrimination du jour.
“Our country goes through these waves of finding immigrant groups... to demonise,” said Mr Gene Wu, a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
He noted that “China is Texas’ second-largest trading partner. And China is the third-largest purchaser of Texas goods”.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...uying-land
The Texas proposal also would bar Russians, Iranians and North Koreans from owning real estate, but the principal target appears to be Chinese nationals.
......
They include US citizens with Asian heritage but also Chinese permanent residents – or green card holders – who are not naturalised citizens.
“All these people are paying taxes here,” said Ms Ling Luo, a first-generation Chinese immigrant who is director of the Asian Americans Leadership Council. “(They) are paying a tremendous contribution to the universities, to education.”
Even though the proposal also targets other nationalities, Ms Luo said the Chinese are most numerous. Others say ethnic Chinese are simply the target of discrimination du jour.
“Our country goes through these waves of finding immigrant groups... to demonise,” said Mr Gene Wu, a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
He noted that “China is Texas’ second-largest trading partner. And China is the third-largest purchaser of Texas goods”.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...uying-land