NATIONAL SECURITY OR A NEW RED SCARE? NEBRASKA LAW CREATES REGISTRY FOR FOREIGN AGENTS

Every business and nonprofit organization in Nebraska will soon have to attest that they do not work for or on behalf of foreign terrorist groups or "adversary nations" like China and Iran under a new security law that opponents have cast as modern-day McCarthyism.

The first-of-its-kind law, which Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed Wednesday, requires anyone in Nebraska working on behalf of numerous designated terror groups or a handful of foreign countries to register as foreign agents if their work includes political campaigning, collecting or loaning money, or publishing information about any foreign country or political party. That means the state will soon be collecting and publishing the names, addresses, and citizenship statuses of Nebraska political lobbyists or public relations professionals working for Chinese-owned companies like Smithfield Foods or foreign-funded influencers posting on social media about life in other countries.

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