The Hawaiʻi congressional delegation cited a September article showing Trump-appointed judges were four times as likely to require immigrants to show up in person. They are asking why.

Hawaiʻi-based immigration judges have ordered attorneys and their clients from as far as Texas and Alaska to travel to appear in person in Honolulu’s court.

Just two people have been charged with voting as noncitizens in Hawaiʻi in at least the last 40 years.

For some Thai and Laotian farmers, language barriers and immigration status stand in the way of seeking help they need after the Kona lows.

The case is the first in at least 40 years in Hawaiʻi involving a noncitizen.

As it pushes to move cases through courts faster, the Trump administration fired a local judge without explanation.

Police officials say department doesn’t participate in immigration enforcement anyway.

Asylum hearings are being curtailed, and more removal orders issued as DHS looks to reduce backlog of cases.

While fears of retaliation blocked similar bills last year, reaction to national events and realities of local enforcement eased passage of immigrant legislation in 2026.

Advocates and lawmakers are pressing forward on other bills to limit police cooperation with immigration enforcement.