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  If Canada can do it…
context: I am torn on this. 
  It is no secret that foreign investors are buying land here, using our resources, and not paying as much taxes as born and raised citizens. We are seeing it in AZ with a Saudi farm raising alfalfa in the desert to export  back to their country. China owns several of our largest poultry and meat processing facilities and farms while again getting our subsidies. 
  There needs to be a way to restrict that without restricting actual immigrants, green card holders, or permanent residents from owning property. >
  
  Don’t forget water rights and the Chinese buying property near critical infrastructure. >
  
  That one violates the federal control over foreign policy.  States can't just ban countries citizens from doing business in their state. >
  
  Look at the platform the Texas GOP came up with last year at its convention - voting for both secession from the US and abolishing laws on a federal laws. For them, one of those most basic concepts, that you can't abolish another country's laws, was ignored. It was all sovereign citizen fantasyland. >
  
  Can we vote on their secession also? >
  
  I vote yes from California >
  
  I vote that we capture and imprison the traitors, and put Texas in the hands of decent, honest people who believe in democracy.
  Why should w automatically capitulate to the demands of reactionaries? >
  
  Very true. The traitors should be exiled to the Pacific garbage island so they can be among all the trash like them. >
  
  Not the dumbest thing the state has done… >
  
  Texas insta-hate aside, I’d personally like to see this in a lot more places. Residential housing is getting super squeezed by corporate and foreign ownership, the less we can reduce that the better.
  Edit: I’m reading some of the other threads. I think as long as you’re occupying as a full-time resident, that’s ok…it’s the unoccupied and rentals that chafe my loins. >
  
  China literally says foreign people cannot own land in China. >
  
  Mexico also bans foreigners from owning land last I heard. >
  
  You cannot own the physical land but you can buy property(house) and rent the land. 
  Also, you can buy condos as those aren’t explicitly tied to the land but the actual building which you do not own what land.
  Edit: typos >
  
  My bad idk what happened. Apologies for the typos. >
  
  But not Saudi Arabia? >
  
  
  Many of them are trying to become United States citizens and are waiting in line. And we’re telling them, ‘you’re not welcome here, you can’t buy a home, you can’t start a business,’ Rep. Wu said. “If we’re saying that Texas is no longer friendly for business, that’s a really dangerous statement.”
  
  Not exclusive to commerical property or business entities but also for regular people who just want to buy a home as well...... I don't foresee this being a popular thing to do but I do foresee this eventually getting passed because it's Texas. >
  
  It won't pass.  There too much money to be made.