On April 2, the Texas House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a public hearing for House Bill 17, which bans nationals and entities of foreign adversaries from buying properties in Texas.
The number of people who spoke against the bill was overwhelming—103 of them in total. Many of them were originally from Communist China.
Starting on April 7, the Chinese nationals will begin a “sit-in protest” in TX Capitol for 40 days or until the bill is dead.
The main complaint from the opponents is that the bill discriminates against the national origin of property buyers, which is Chinese.
This claim is false—my national origin is China, but I am not impacted by the bill at all—naturalized citizens and green card holders are exempt.
Such an accusation is just for propaganda—those opponents don’t even believe it themselves.
Here is how it works: In their call-for-action articles, such complaints disappeared. Instead, they emphasized that the bill may result in challenges for companies as well as students and workers from China to buy properties in Texas. They even mentioned the challenges to Chinese illegal aliens as the result of the bill. Obviously, their focus is the interest of Chinese entities and nationals in Texas, rather than “discrimination.”
Like it or not, the bill has nothing to do with discrimination. Texas has the constitutional right to protect its land against the nation’s enemies.
Those opponents’ articles were mostly published on the WeChat platform, which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). WeChat is also their communication tool for organizing and coordinating their activities.
If the CCP disapproves of their actions, those communications would be removed. That’s not the case so far.
One issue that caught my attention is that I don’t see any organization or individual as the organizer or sponsor of the “sit-in protest.”
If they are afraid of telling such a simple truth to the public, then we have reasons to assume that the organizer and sponsor may work for the CCP, which has a major unit called the “United Front Work Department” that is in charge of CCP overseas operations.
Whether this is the case or not, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI need to investigate for potential foreign influence.
Regardless of the number of opponents who took the witness stand to oppose the bill and participate in the “sit-in protest,” those opponents represent far less than 0.01 percent of the residents in Texas, and they can’t vote here.
When they are demanding that Texas allow them to buy land, there is a good reason to check out who or which country is really behind them.
Data from the last 40 years show that Communist China has a strong interest in doing its dirty business in Texas.
Texas needs to not give in to the demands of Communist China. Texas is for Texans, not for Communist China.
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