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New York promises fines of up to $250K for saying 'illegal alien'
The New York Human Rights Commission has promised fines of up to $250,000 for using the term 'Illegal alien,
A person who uses the term 'illegal alien,' is facing a fine of up to $250,000 in New York, which adopted a new law designed to protect both immigrants and non-immigrants from hate speech.
The city's Human Rights Commission also will slap hate-motivated individuals with the hefty fine if they are found to have threatened to report someone to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or more commonly referred to as ICE.
The commission released a 29-page directive on the new law Thursday, after working closely with Mayor Bill de Blasio's Office of Immigrant Affairs.