ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a bill into law limiting the ability of some Chinese citizens to buy land in the state.
The bill, SB420, echoes measures already signed into law in numerous other states. It bans any “agent” of China from buying farmland in Georgia or any commercial land near military installations.
Democrats in the state Legislature had blasted SB420 as discriminatory, but at a bill-signing ceremony in the southern city of Valdosta, the Republican governor touted it as a national security measure.
“We cannot allow foreign adversaries to control something as critical to our survival as our food supply,” Kemp said.
Critics said the measure — and others like it — reflected xenophobia and would harm immigrant communities.
“By signing this bill, Governor Kemp is shirking his responsibility to protect the equality, civil rights and constitutional right to due process of all Georgians and is instead engaging in anti-Asian scapegoating and anti-immigrant fearmongering,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, a nonprofit opposed to discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfersNursery worker accused of killing a nineFord recalls over 456,000 Bronco Sport and Maverick carsToddler's mother claims his nursery asked her if her four month old baby boy was nonHundreds pay tribute to police officer shot dead 40 years ago from inside Libya's UK embassyPolice confirm Missouri officer fired fatal shot that killed man who allegedly shot another manPrincess Diana 'deliberately' put wrong birth year down to land first job as nanny to the superHofstra's Tyler Thomas chosen as Haggerty Award winnerAlaska Airlines has brief ground stop due to technical issueAn NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on the company has resigned after being suspended
3.1674s , 5763.1875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Georgia governor signs bill into law restricting land sales to some Chinese citizens ,Global Gesture news portal