New York City announced it is now illegal for residents of the city to threaten to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their neighbors, along with a ban on the 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."



BREAKING:

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. pic.twitter.com/8PaIozjQty — City of New York (@nycgov) September 26, 2019



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

The new directive comes after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to oppose President Trump's ICE raids back in June. The new restrictions may come under scrutiny in the courts over free speech concerns.