ACS Dallas-Ft. Worth: SB 147 Panel: A Reprisal of Alien Land Laws?

Please join us as Representative Salman Bhojani, Representative Gene Wu, and Professor Leo Yu discuss proposed Texas Senate Bill 147. This proposed legislation aims to, among other things, ban individuals from specific countries from purchasing or acquiring real property in Texas. Our esteemed panelists will discuss the Federal and State constitutionality of the proposed bill, its mirroring of bigoted Alien Land Laws that banned Asian immigrants from owning property and establishing businesses, and the overall policy implications of this bill on our immigrant communities.

Featuring

Rep. Salman Bhojani, Texas State Representative District 92

Rep. Gene Wu, Texas State Representative District 137

Leo Yu, Clinical Professor of Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy and ACS Faculty Advisor, SMU Dedman School of Law

Moderated by:

Kristine Cruz, Associate, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP; Co-Chair, ACS Dallas-Ft. Worth Lawyer Chapter; President-Elect, Dallas Asian American Bar Association

Cosponsored with: ACS DFW Lawyer Chapter, NAPABA, DAABA, SMU APALSA, Austin AABA, SMU ACS, SMU FedSoc.

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Views expressed by the speakers and attendees reflect their individual opinions and should not be attributed to ACS, AABA, DAABA, APALSA, and FedSoc.  

VIDEO AVAILABLE AT https://youtu.be/ck5Bjjj-B6U