[3] Contemporary newspapers and politicians cultivated the idea of a Yellow Peril: an imminent threat to white morality and economic interests posed by Chinese and other Asian immigrants.
New Japanese immigrants, including many recently released from indentured labor contracts with Hawaiian plantations, moved to rural areas in Western states and took up tenant farming, taking over land formerly occupied by Chinese farmers.
The sharp increase in the population of Japanese residing in the U.S. and their success in the agricultural industry soon resulted in an exclusionary movement similar to that faced by the earlier wave of primarily Chinese workers.
In 2021, Florida enacted legislation restricting property ownership for citizens of China, along with nationals from Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria.
The law targets individuals without relevant US legal status and extends to government officials, political party members, and businesses from these countries, especially those seeking to own agricultural land or property near military installations.