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.

Big jump in “habeas corpus” petitions in Honolulu mirrors nationwide trend, a reflection of climbing ICE activity under the Trump administration.

An undocumented Chinese warehouse worker faced safety hazards at a Honolulu job site that a lawsuit says cost him his life after 87 weeks in the hospital.

Bills would prohibit collaboration between local police and federal immigration authorities, outlaw most masks for law enforcement officers

Worried about immigration actions across the nation, the Maui County Council voids longtime local partnership between its police and the FBI.