A bill allowing the state to seize the property of some Cuban, Chinese, Iranian, North Korean and Russian immigrants living in Louisiana legally but without permanent legal status sailed through the state Senate Judiciary C Committee March 17.
Under Senate Bill 200 by Sen. Valarie Hodges, a Denham Springs Republican, the state government could take any property within 50 miles of a military base “under the control of a foreign adversary” or an “agent of a foreign adversary” — if it can show that “the ownership poses a threat to the public health and safety of Louisiana citizens.”
