Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC Condemns the Inclusion of a Discriminatory Land Law in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act
Washington, D.C. —
September 6, 2023 — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing
Justice - AAJC) opposes the
inclusion of discriminatory land law in the FY24 National Defense Authorization
Act that targets Chinese people. Right now, America is seeing a resurgence
in these discriminatory land laws with legislation introduced in at least 25
states. Several states have already enacted them such as Florida and
Tennessee and multiple related bills have also been introduced at the federal
level.
Asian Americans
Advancing Justice – AAJC, issues the following statement:
“Advancing Justice – AAJC
opposes S. 2226 § 1086 (Senate Amendment 813)
introduced by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-ND) in the FY24 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA). This provision would effectively prohibit
foreign nationals from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from owning
agricultural land in the United States by requiring the President of the United
States to block specific types of transactions based on recommendations from
the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The amendment currently has no
exceptions for visa holders and contains a high standard for a waiver, which
must be granted by the President of the United States.
“The inclusion of the
Rounds Amendment in this year’s NDAA is yet another chapter in America’s
history of discriminatory land laws targeted at the Asian American
and Pacific Islander community. Like many
other discriminatory laws and bills of this kind, the
provision ensnares innocent Chinese individuals because the amendment
fails to distinguish between entities from China and Chinese individuals. We
are not naïve to the geopolitical tensions between China and the United States;
however, we believe that there is a better solution that can effectively
address real national security threats without demonizing entire communities.
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