The U.S. Department of Justice has  intervened in a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 264, which restricts land ownership by Chinese citizens near Florida-based military installations and infrastructure facilities.

Senate Bill 264 was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis but counsel for the DOJ alleges it violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and the 1968 Fair Housing Act.

“It discriminates on the basis of alienage and national origin and is not narrowly tailored such that it survives strict scrutiny,” wrote DOJ attorney Alisha Jarwala in the June 27 statement of interest. “A law classifies persons based on “alienage” if it either draws distinctions between U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens or draws distinctions among different classes of non-U.S. citizens.”

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