A federal court on Monday dismissed a challenge against a new Texas law that will restrict the ownership of properties by Chinese individuals or entities from September.
The challenge against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the state’s Senate Bill 17 was brought by two Chinese nationals residing in Texas on student visas.
U.S. District Judge Charles Eskridge dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint that the law is discriminatory and could prevent non-permanent residents from owning or renting a home
Granting Paxton’s motion to dismiss the suit, Eskridge wrote that the law doesn’t apply to plaintiffs Wang Peng and Li Qinlin, who are legal residents of the state, and others in a similar situation….