JoCo Democrat Claims AG Kobach Crackdown On China Farm Grab Attacks Immigrants

Note the newspapers advocacy beyond reporting in this debate that might or might not prove arguments regarding local land grab from foreign interests . . .

Rep. Rui Xu, a Westwood Democrat and the only Chinese American member of the Kansas House, said that under this bill his own parents would have been blocked from buying their first home in 1996, five years before they became U.S. citizens. “To actually attack immigrants like this is just a continuation of what we saw throughout COVID of people reacting to what the Chinese government is doing and attacking Chinese Americans or Chinese immigrants to the state who just want to live their lives,” he said . . .

Kobach, a Republican who took office in January, inaccurately claimed Wednesday that criticism that the bill prevented home ownership for immigrants was “100% false.” 

“SB 100 was drafted to prevent the national security threat that arises when foreign adversaries purchase large amounts of agricultural land. It was written to allow foreign nationals to still be able to purchase houses and businesses,” Kobach said in a statement. “It strikes the right balance in the interest of national security and in the interest of Kansas.”

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Kobach says bill stops China from buying KS farms. It might block immigrants from owning homes

Kansas Republican Attorney GeneralKris Kobach wants to block foreign interests from buying up Kansas farm land. But legislation he's pushing on this issue may also block immigrants from purchasing homes in the state if they are not yet naturalized as U.S. citizens.