#notosb147 — Public Fediverse posts

Good news! The bill that would initially have banned Chinese immigrants from owning property in Texas is now officially 100% dead, and not moving ahead.

This might be the end of the Texas battle, but it needs to be beaten back in each of the states where such bills are under discussion.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/bill-set-restrict-chinese-property-ownership-dies-texas-house-rcna86257

#NoToSB147 #AsianAmerican #TexasLege #Texas #USPol

Hallelujah!

Thank you to everyone who beat back the Texas bill that would have banned Chinese immigrants from buying a home.

#NoToSB147 #AsianAmerican #TexasLege #Texas #USPol #xenophobia

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/texas-bill-will-no-longer-aim-ban-chinese-citizens-buying-homes-state-rcna72887

Dammit. Texas Gov. Abbot is now *also* on board with banning Chinese immigrants from buying homes:

“…eyes have turned to Texas Senate Bill 147, which would strip citizens of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea of the right to buy land or property, including homes. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has already said he will sign it if it passes.”

Follow the resistance at https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoToSB147

#NoToSB147 #Texas #TxLege #ChineseAmerican #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/texas-senator-bill-ban-chinese-property-ownership-says-may-prove-even-rcna71829

"At the Austin rally, people held signs that said, 'STOP Chinese Exclusion,' evoking the Chinese Exclusion Act, a 19th century law that blocked citizenship to Chinese residents in the U.S., affirming the exclusion of Asian immigrants from a 1790 naturalization law. A speaker also referenced 'alien land laws,' racist laws in California and other states that restricted Asian immigrants and others from owning property…"

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-08/sb-147-texas-bill-targeting-property-ownership-rattles-texans-of-chinese-descent

(h/t @michael_w_busch)

#NoToSB147 #TxLege

This is literally in the text of the #Texas bill:

"the following may not purchase or otherwise acquire title to real property in this state:…an individual who is a citizen of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia"

See it for yourself at https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB147/id/2612943 and https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=SB147

I can't speak for the others, but there are *tons* of Chinese immigrants with green cards, H1B, H4, and student visas living in Texas.

Barring them from owning a home is sick

#NoToSB147 #StopAsianHate #txlege

I love Mastodon, but I miss my POC activist, #Desi, and #AsianAmerican communities back on Instagram and Twitter.

Like back on IG and Twitter, folks I know are talking about #NoToSB147, opposing the proposed Texas law that would prohibit immigrants from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from owning property.

I’m just not seeing that on here, and it’s unfortunate.

In the meantime, here’s more:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoToSB147
https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh3fyUrAyF/