Revived land laws spark racism concerns

Bill to ban foreign farmland ownership clears NC Senate committee

A North Carolina Senate committee advanced a bill banning entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying farmland near military sites or under special use airspace. Senate Bill 394, sponsored by Republican lawmakers, now moves to the Senate Rules Committee for further consideration.

Revived land laws spark racism concerns

A surge of state-level legislation aimed at restricting foreign land ownership is drawing sharp criticism from civil rights groups and legal experts, who warn the measures echo early 20th-century "alien land laws".