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At least 51 Republican lawmakers are warning about how the Chinese Communist Party is trying to increase its presence on U.S. soil by buying farmland.
The Republicans will send a letter to three of President Joe Biden’s cabinet secretaries, warning that national security is threatened by efforts by a company linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to buy farmland near an Air Force base in North Dakota.
The information was obtained by Fox News, which detailed that “Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., led the letter with 50 of his colleagues to Secretaries Lloyd Austin, Janet Yelle, and Tom Vilsack about the land acquisitions near North Dakota’s Grand Forks Air Force Base by Chinese manufacturer the Fufeng Group.”
The CCP’s strategy
Lawmakers explained in the letter that Grand Forks Air Force Base has exceptional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, which could mean that the land purchased is for intercepting military information.
“The presence of a CCP-affiliated corporation near a military installation potentially undermines the integrity of our high-capability military bases, jeopardizing our strategic interests,” they commented.
In light of the situation, Fox News contacted Heritage Action Vice President Garrett Bess, who indicated that China is currently one of the most significant threats facing the United States.
“Eliminating this risk requires an aggressive plan to prevent and punish malicious land use that threatens U.S. interests. We applaud Representative Gimenez for asking the Biden administration tough questions and pushing them to adopt a more aggressive posture against the CCP,” he said.
Williams Perdomo es periodista y escritor, especializado en las fuentes Política y Cultura.