美国华人为什么要反对德州 S. B. 147 法案

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德州议会参议员科尔克霍斯特（Lois Kolkhorst）提交了一份议案（Senate Bill 147），禁止某些外国政府和相关实体在德州购买土地和房产，这些国家包括中国、伊朗、朝鲜和俄罗斯。德州州长阿博特（Greg Abbott）表示，如果法案获得州议会通过，他会将其签署成法。

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根据历史和现实背景，如果SB147这一歧视性的法案得以通过签署生效，德州华人华侨的合法权益会受到严重损害。我们号召全美华人华侨，团结起来，行动起来，抵制这种开历史倒车的歧视性非法违宪法案！

抵制措施一：通过 Change.org 联署并分享 No to Texas 88(R) Senate Bill 147 请愿。

请到下面的链接签署该请愿：

https://www.change.org/p/no-to-texas-88-r-senate-bill-147

抵制措施二：通过电子邮件和电话，向德州州议员和州长抗议。

请到下面的链接查找您所在地区的德州参议员和众议员，然后通过邮件或者电话和他（她）的办公室联系，表达关注和抗议。

https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

邮件模板如下：

[Recipient Address]

[Date]

RE: Texas #StopAsianHate Condemns TX 88(R) SB147

Dear [Recipient ],

On November 14, 2022, state Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst introduced Senate Bill 147 aiming to ban citizens, governments and entities of countries including China from purchasing real property in Texas.[1] This bill, while early in the state legislative process, has invoked outrage in both national and local Asian communities.

Discrimination in housing and real estate transactions against people of Asian heritage is not news in U.S. history. The infamous Alien Land Laws originated from California in 1879 throughout the Union – including Texas in 1891, 1892, and 1921 - that traced their roots from the anti-Asian racism in U.S. history manifested in discriminate bills and incidents: the Page Act of 1875, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the Immigration Act of 1917 and Asiatic Barred Zone, the Immigration Act of 1924 and the national origin quota, the Internment of Japanese Americans, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and countless of lynching against Asian Community including the murder of Vincent Chin, etc.

Against the backdrop of past years’ anti-Asian rhetoric and a sharp increase in hate crimes and incidences during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate Bill 147 raises alarms in both Asian American communities and the nation as a whole on visible and invisible discrimination against people of Asian heritage.

Similar to the Alien Land Laws in the 19th and 20th centuries, Senate Bill 147, if in effect, is discriminatory, unlawful, and unconstitutional. It is against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Const. amend. XIV. §1, it is against the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq., it is against various Federal and State case laws overruling the Alien Land Laws including but not limited toOyama v. State of California, 332 U.S. 633 (1948). Senate Bill 147, if in effect, is against the law of the land.

We call on the Texas Legislature not to pass Senate Bill 147 and to censure state Senator Kolkhorst. We also call on Governor Abbott to veto the bill should it pass the state legislature.

Yours sincerely,

/Signature/

抵制措施三：择日去德州议会集会。

抵制措施四：公民应该积极参加选举，您的一票很重要。

相关前文：州长推动德州立法禁止中国公民买地买房

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