Four Chinese citizens living in Florida, USA, sued Florida on Monday (May 22), local time, and asked to overthrow a new law for citizens such as China and other countries to have real estate and land in Florida.
Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that when the four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit to the local courts on behalf of the four plaintiffs, the new law implemented on July 1 violated the prohibition of housing discrimination from prohibiting housing discrimination.Federal law stipulates.
According to this law, if you settle in China but are not an American citizen or a green card holder, you will not have real estate or land in Florida.
The new law also prohibits most citizens from Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia and North Korea, with real estate within 10 miles such as any military facilities, or power plants, airports, and refineries.
However, the non -tourist visa holders of these countries can have a real estate of no more than two acres in areas where key infrastructure is five miles away.Illegal people will be criminally charged, fines and imprisonment.
The Governor of Florida Desanis signed the law this month that the new law helps the Americans from the Chinese government.
The US Citizen Freedom Alliance refers to the new law in the lawsuit that violates the terms of protecting equal protection and legitimate procedures in the US Constitution, and also violates the federal fair housing law that prohibits racial and ethnic housing discrimination.
The Citizen Freedom League also said that in addition to Florida, legislative agencies in more than ten states in the United States have also proposed similar bills.
