The chilling reason why the majority of Americans want a BAN on China's land grab in the U.S.

Americans want to stop foreign countries like China from purchasing U.S. land and operating critical infrastructure, a new exclusive poll finds.

U.S. farmland purchases by individuals with connections to the Chinese Communist Party have become a recent concern in Congress, prompting a flurry of proposals.

Repeated instances of foreign entities snatching up land - some estimates project they own over 40 million acres - near critical U.S. infrastructure and military installations have deeply exasperated those worries. 

And it's not just lawmakers who are concerned, but everyday Americans too.  

A new poll from CRC Research conducted for the 85 Fund shared exclusively with DailyMail.com finds that nearly two in three Americans are sick of the land grabs and want China and other countries banned from doing so.

Exactly 66 percent of respondents indicated they believe countries of concern to the U.S. should not be able to purchase land in the U.S., according to the poll. 

It also found that 67 percent of respondents agree with implementing legislation to prevent foreign adversaries from supplying their states with critical infrastructure components.

The poll was conducted among 2,800 likely voters in the critical battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The findings indicate voters clearly want state-level safeguards against foreign influence, State Armor CEO Michael Lucci told DailyMail.com. 

His group focuses on helping states defend themselves against foreign influence, particularly that from the Chinese Communist Party. 

He shared several reasons why voters want laws constricting the CCP's power.  

'Americans are understanding more and more the danger that foreign adversaries like the Communist China pose to their states,' he said. 

'China's Communist Party is an intractable adversary that is willing to do anything it can to undermine American security, especially during our Presidential election.'

'China's efforts to target our critical infrastructure, to monopolize and control essential technologies like drones, and to use American investment dollars to fuel their expanding and belligerent military are all top of mind for American voters.'

Foreign entities own a total of 40 million acres of U.S. farmland and China has bought up nearly 347,000 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Some Chinese land purchases near important U.S. military instillations have been a particular concern for lawmakers and government officials.

In 2022, for example, the China-based food producer, Fufeng Group, acquired 300 acres of land in Grand Forks, just 20 minutes down the road from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, where some of the nation's sensitive drone technology is based.

Air Force Major Jeremy Fox wrote a memo that year characterizing the move as being emblematic of Chinese efforts to install themselves close to sensitive U.S. defense installations.

He argued that the Fufeng property is located at just the right location for the company to intercept communications coming from the Air Force base.

Now lawmakers are working to further restrict China and other adversaries from snatching up coveted land in the fiscal year 2024 'Farm Bill.' 

The concerns over the CCP's influence over U.S. land and infrastructure motivated Rep. Ashely Hinson, R-Iowa, to propose new rules in the upcoming Farm Bill to better follow China's moves.

Her reforms to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) would help the government more easily track foreign entities' purchases of U.S. agricultural land.

The bill is expected to be voted on in the coming weeks once Congress returns from recess.