https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/21/special-interest-groups-block-gov-kristi-noems-move-to-stop-china-buying-south-dakota-farmland/
Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s efforts to block China from buying up farmland in her state were thwarted this week when a supermajority of state Senators rejected her proposal.
As Breitbart News previously reported, Noem had proposed a bill that would “create a state-level version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)” in order to curtail foreign Chinese entities from buying agricultural land in her state:
Currently, CFIUS is a federal board that approves or disapproves of foreign entities engaging in major U.S. transactions. Noem’s proposal would establish a CFIUS-South Dakota, or CFIUS-SD, which would review proposed transactions in the state where foreign entities including but not limited to Chinese entities seek to purchase land. The board, if established — which would require the legislature to pass Noem’s proposal — could block such land sales as it sees fit.
Essentially, Senate Bill 185 would have granted the South Dakota governor the power to unilaterally veto any purchase reviewed by the panel. The state senate rejected the bill on Tuesday with an 11-23 vote.
You have to wonder who these senators think they work for, cause it is NOT SUPPOSED to be the CCP.
Why would they let foreigners buy land though. No foreigners should be allowed to own land here period.
How many foreign countries let us buy their property? Mexico won't let us.
I'm Canadian and would love to own a small slice of Heaven in the Black Hills but, I completely understand the sentiment of not wanting foreigners to own land, especially the Chinese.
Lease it for 99 years like a lot of countries do.
Yeah makes no sense, regardless of her so called "power grabs", letting China of all countries buy US land is bullshit.
Can Americans buy up land in other countries? Legit asking because I have no clue.