I agree with you that the intent of the Constitution is to limit the powers of government. But I think we can all agree that allowing foreign governments to own large swaths of our country is foolish. My point simply was that if we ban them from ownership but allow foreign citizens to own property, we have given them a very easy workaround. I’m certainly open to other suggestions for how to prevent that.
I agree with you 100% that allowing foreign governments to own American property is foolish. But your proposition concerns individuals, not governments. In the case of China, it’s understandable because China sends their apparatchicks to buy in the US. For other countries, it wouldn’t work.
As long as part of the individuals citizenship is us citizen then yes if they were say Russian/polish dual then no.
There needs to be legislation on the state level to attach to the title companies. As an order is entered into the system, a program that automatically looks at corporations and the officers. The foreign companies are very sneaky and try to appear as US based.
I agree only US citizens should be able to buy our land.
I mean, you can. It just requires a law / constitutional amendment.
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You could limit the amount of land a permanent resident could purchase. Maybe to 10-20 acres, but not hundreds, thousands, or millions of acres. You should be, at minimum, be a naturalized citizen. Many other countries require you to be a citizen to buy land.
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I agree with you about the limitations, but I think they should include not only the size of the land but also the usage.
My major concern is that while it makes perfect sense to stop hostile countries from purchasing American property, it’s unreasonable to prevent American allies from investing in the American economy under conditions beneficial to both countries.
You are right, “cannot” is a wrong word. However, current immigration laws give permanent residents all the rights (and obligations) that Americans have, except for the right to vote. Banning permanent residents from buying property is discrimination based on national origin.
Exactly, and this forum is about laws you want to see passed/changed.
I agree, but I have to wonder who is selling the land and why are they doing so.
And to grant rights. The first 10 amendments are literally called the bill of rights.
Merge with the ‘citizen ownership of land’ proposal.
I’ll try to find it and link it 
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