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As ICE enforcement increases on Maui, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green prepares to sign a slate of immigration-related bills on Tuesday that include limiting state and county law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

The US House passed legislation earlier passed by the US Senate to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2026 except immigration enforcement in two agencies, bringing an end to a shutdown affecting thousands of federal workers. The President has signed the bill into law.

Maui County will host a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. Feb. 17 for residents to join in shared commitment to aloha, unity, peace and compassion. The event will be held on the Kalana O Maui front lawn at 200 S. High St. in Wailuku. #vigil #aloha

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaiʻi joined Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and eight colleagues in writing a letter urging the Trump Administration to halt enforcement actions against minors and develop policies aimed at protecting them.

US Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) on Tuesday voted against a Fiscal Year 2026 government funding package, which includes two weeks of stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

There are more than 300 registered actions and events set for today throughout the nation, calling on people, organizations and communities to “strike” and demand a stop to federal government-sponsored violence being inflicted by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents against peaceful protestors in Minneapolis, Minn., and elsewhere.

A network of volunteers is ready at a moment’s notice to verify reported ICE sightings and rush to community members’ aid.

US Rep. Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the key House Committee on Appropriations, responsible for all federal discretionary funding, today supported House passage of three of the four final annual appropriations bills for the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (commencing Oct. 1, 2026) but opposed the fourth.

US Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) voted in favor of a minibus package that includes funding for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation. However, Tokuda voted against a separate funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which contained funding for U Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

The nonprofit and its partners laid out a legislative campaign for immigrant justice to advance policies that protect the dignity, safety, and constitutional rights of all Hawaiʻi residents regardless of immigration status.

State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole denounced a federal administration announcement Thursday morning regarding the expansion of travel bans to 20 additional countries, including the Kingdom of Tonga.

A local civil rights activist group plans to hold a protest rally from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday outside the Kalana O Maui Building in Wailuku, calling on county leaders to reject federal law enforcement partnerships and adopt what organizers describe as “protective legislation” for Maui. Organized by members of Maui Indivisible and allied community […]

On Maui, undocumented immigrants, people with legal status and U.S. citizens have been caught up in the federal mass deportation effort.

Immigrant communities, who made up nearly a third of Lahaina’s pre-fire population, have faced hurdles in their recovery from the blaze that range from language barriers to a lack of access to services reserved for U.S. citizens.

The state of Hawai‘i will receive more than $4 million in new federal funding to help respond to methamphetamine and opioid misuse. In 2016, Hawai‘i had 6.8 meth-related deaths per 100,000 residents — three times the national rate.

Two people, 31 year old Kapua Harrell and 35 year old Sherron Falces, were both arrested for multiple narcotics offenses.

Navor Salas-Cruz, 45, a Mexican national residing on Kauaʻi, was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in jail for illegally reentering the US after being deported. 

A Families Belong Together sign waving rally was held on Maui on Saturday, June 30, 2018 to support the reunification of migrant children with their parents.

During the bust, police say they recovered 7.75 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, paraphernalia associated with the distribution of meth, an unregistered handgun, two unregistered rifles and $5,700 in cash.

King Kekaulike High School eleventh grader, Sarah Salemi and Baldwin High School senior McKayla Wandell were the lone Maui representatives selected for the group.