AG Secretary Brooke Rollins Says 'There Will Be No Amnesty' - No Buying of US Lands by China
by Madeline Leesman, Townhall.com, July 8, 2025
In remarks on Tuesday, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins addressed rumors that there would be “mass amnesty” for illegal aliens in the United States.
🔥HOLY SMOKES: AG @SecRollins just addressed the mass amnesty rumors.
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"There will be NO AMNESTY. The mass deportations continue..." pic.twitter.com/F50fA0PWXY
That’s not all. Rollins also announced a plan to ban the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from purchasing any farmland in the United States. This also applies to other foreign adversaries.
“Today we are…taking our American farmland back. American agriculture is not just about feeding our families, but about protecting our nation and standing up to foreign adversaries who are buying our farmland, stealing our research, and creating dangerous vulnerabilities in the very systems that sustain us,” she stated alongside Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
🔥BROOKE ROLLINS: We are taking America's farmland BACK from the Chinese Communist Party!
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The Agriculture Secretary announced a plan to "BAN the purchase of American farmland by Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries."
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The USDA’s National Farm Security Action Plan would ban Chinese nationals from buying American farmland and to “claw back what has already been purchased by China” and other adversaries.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that the Pentagon is getting serious about the threats posed by Chinese ownership of farmland near U.S. military bases and installations, with the Defense Department declaring that “food security is national security.”
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins rolled out a new “National Farm Security Action Plan” for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday, where she was joined by Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, with the group uniting to warn about the threats posed to U.S. agriculture and to U.S. national security by foreign adversaries.
“Foreign ownership of land near strategic bases and U.S. military installations poses a serious threat to our national security,” Hegseth said Tuesday. “The Farm Security Plan will put America First and keep our bases across the homeland secure.”
Hegseth said Tuesday that “energy security, food security, water security is national security” and that “we care about homeland security” at the Defense Department.
"And so when you look at our bases here in the United States or around the world, we ought to know who owns that land around strategic bases. Where are they from? Are they Americans, and if not, why? … Your plan helps us address that,” Hegseth told Rollins. “We're excited to partner with you. Thank you for your leadership."
A graphic produced by USDA and shared by the Defense Department depicts Chinese land ownership near 17 U.S. military bases and installations: Fort Lewis in Washington, Camp Pendleton and Fort Irwinin California, Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Hill Air Force Baseand Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, Fort Hood and Camp Bullis in Texas, Whiteman Air Force Base and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, Fort Benning in Georgia, Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, MacDill Air Force Base and Patrick Space Force Base in Florida, Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
"As someone who's charged with leading the Defense Department, I want to know who owns the land around our bases and strategic bases, and getting an understanding of why foreign entities, foreign companies, foreign individuals, might be buying up land around those bases. That's something I should be paying attention to, on behalf of the American people, on behalf of my department, and on behalf of the president,” Hegseth said Tuesday. “It’s common sense.”
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