Chinese citizens sue Florida to bar them from buying homes
The American Civil Liberties Union sued Florida over a law enacted by Governor Ron DeSantis that bars most Chinese citizens from buying homes in the state. The law, set to take effect on July 1, violates equal protection and due process guarantees under the Constitution by prohibiting landholding on the basis of “race, ethnicity, color, segregation, and national origin.” Dress was filed Monday in federal court in Tallahassee. The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of four Chinese citizens, claiming that the law “stigmatizes them and their communities, and casts...