NYC bans residents from saying phrases ‘go back to your country’ and ‘illegal alien’

NYC bans residents from saying phrases ‘go back to your country’ and ‘illegal alien’ 

“New York City has made it illegal to threaten to call ICE based on a discriminatory motive or to tell someone ‘go back to your country.’ Hate has no place here,” the city said Thursday on its official Twitter account. 

The NYC Commission of Human Rights said they were issuing new law enforcement guidelines based on both forms of “discrimination.” 

The guidelines also stated that “derogatory use of the term ‘illegal alien,’ and discrimination based on limited English proficiency are unlawful discriminatory treatment.” 

The human rights commission detailed in their 29-page directive that each offense was punishable with up to a $250,000 fine.