A group of Chinese nationals living in the US state of Florida have filed a lawsuit against the new law on buying real estate.
According to international media reports, the law applies to land near military installations and other sensitive institutional structures and also affects citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia and North Korea, but Chinese citizens face stricter restrictions. .
The American Civil Liberties Union said in a press release announcing the lawsuit that the law discriminates against people of Asian descent in violation of the Constitution and the Fair Housing Act.
The union added that the law would place an undue burden of suspicion on anyone buying a property who sounds Asian, Russian, Iranian, Cuban, Venezuelan or Syrian.
The lawsuit filed says the law unfairly equates Chinese people with their government’s actions and there is no evidence that Chinese nationals buying Florida property poses a national security threat. Is.
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