Julian Koo is a law professor at Hofstra Law School in New York. The laws essentially banned certain groups of foreign citizens from buying land, he says. They only impacted China and Japan though was because they did not prevent all foreigners from buying land. It only prevented foreigners who were not eligible to become citizens from buyingland.
A new Florida law will restrict where Chinese citizens can buy homes, and other states may follow suit. The legislation is eerily similar to racist land laws from over 100 years ago. Vox reporter Li Zhou and Hofstra law professor Julian Ku explain.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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