Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) presented a plan to prevent China and Chinese-related companies from buying land in the United States.
A law called the “Territorial Protection of America’s Lands Act” prohibits members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from buying land in the United States, just as Chinese investors bought $6.1 billion worth of homes and land across America last year. Pamuk said in a statement:
China’s investment in American farmland threatens our food security and creates opportunities for Chinese espionage against our military bases and critical infrastructure. The US government should stop the Communist Party from buying our land, instead of allowing these purchases.
Similarly, Tuberville said the United States “cannot continue to give our main enemy the opportunity to buy land in the United States and undermine our national security.”
Recent data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that Chinese investors’ share of US farmland has increased from 13,720 hectares in 2010 to 352,140 hectares in 2020. state of Iowa.
Recently, a Chinese firm purchased 300 acres of farmland in North Dakota, just 20 minutes from the US Air Force base.
Source: Breitbart
