If you want to own land here then you must be a citizen. Why is this even in question?? You must be vested in the safety, security and success of the country you live in. If you don’t live here then you’re not likely to be vested in our interests. Immigrants could buy land as long as they are on a path to citizenship and we could have a provision to include that. But in the end, if citizenship is not attained, then the provision should be revoked. Personal vacation homes and things like that can also be considered but no ownership by foreign companies or countries. Not without a reason that benefits America and it’s citizens and not without significant contributions to America’s interests.
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Completely agree.
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Agreed! All of our military bases are surrounded by China ownership. That scares me. Diplomat immunities with homes and buildings prevent the surrounding from contacting the owners when their properties are problematic. I.E. A sheik may own a home on a hill slide and if it goes down the hill into anothers property the citizen has no contact info nor recourse for compensation.
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Absolutely agree with this. No land in the United States of America should be owned by a foreign entity.
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This is absolutely a must do!
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I am ok with foreigners owning land. I think it should be a certain number of miles away from our military bases and only be available for individual use rather for corporate gain. So, basically, a foreigner could buy a house.
Do not allow Green Card Holders to have the right of a citizen so they cannot come in, buy up land next to a military base or buy farmland.
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Good point. I can see good reason to support that. A foreigner can own a vacation home kind of thing but should pay more taxes on it or a fee of some kind.
Something to that effect. Good input, thanks.
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I agree and disagree with this one. With the amount of time that it takes for legal immigrants to gain their citizenship I don’t think it should preclude them from being able to buy a home and get acclimated to life in a new country. I think there should be provisos about status not just only once citizenship is attained. There are lots of LEGAL immigrants that came here for the American Dream and should have that opportunity.
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Until we get to new earth in the fifth density it really won’t matter but do believe most people who live here should be citizens of this country, especially to vote. I think this is more geared around other country governments purchasing land here like the CCP and the District of Columbia is foreign owned soil, thus it’s not a state so why are they voting in our elections? Also depends on what is considered a homestead as far as property. Can own businesses but that’s a whole other thing.
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Valid thought. Maybe a provision enabling them to buy but it would need to be contingent on becoming a citizen and if they don’t then it would be revoked.
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Yes it would involve looking at the path to citizenship and an acceptable timeframe for all parties involved for the exemption to be approved. Once citizenship is attained documents could be submitted to remove the condition from the property.
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Definitely agree!!
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How about NO farm land to be owned by big companies/corporations.
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Absolutely. Vacation homes are a thing - to a point. Don’t want foreign ownership of prime American land (hello Hawai’i) to drive prices out of reach of the locals. Suggest that renting / timesharing as a foreign citizen is permitted, but you must be at least a LPR (‘green card’ holder) to purchase or own real property in the United States.
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I actually proposed something similar, but while still allowing foreign investment
Mine is called The H.O.M.E. Act
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Absolutely this should be codified into federal and state law. Foreigbers and foreign governments should not be able to US lands. I would agree to short leases on land for companies wanting to build plants or the like.
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I agree with luxury vacation homes etc. Also, if we are going to be attracting manufacturing businesses here they are likely going to need to buy their buildings to be profitable… but Im on the fence about thay one. Its also a good opportunity to bring steong tenants to American Landowners.
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Or ideas are kind of similar here if you want to take a look at it and link them.
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Agreed, also all land owed by a non- Americans should be sold back to an American🇺🇸
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If the business is going to be operate the United States why doesn’t get a US business license why does it need to be owned by China or Europe or Monsanto it doesn’t need to be a foreign country.
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