City bans calling someone an ‘illegal alien’ out of hate

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“The use of certain language, including ‘illegal alien’...constitutes discrimination.”

It’s now against the law in New York City to threaten someone with a call to immigration authorities or refer to them as an “illegal alien” when motivated by hate.outlined in a 29-page directive released by City Hall’s Commission on Human Rights.— used in many laws to refer to a ‘noncitizen’ person — is a term that may carry negative connotations and dehumanize immigrants, marking them as ‘other,'” reads one passage of the memo.

“A hotel prohibits its housekeepers from speaking Spanish while cleaning because it would ‘offend’ hotel guests or make them uncomfortable,” reads one hypothetical.More than 80 illegal immigrants were arrested by US Immigration...

 

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