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HI COUNTY COUNCIL & State legislators

**Kindly ask our elected representatives to rescind the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with ICE and to pass a law banning 287(g) programs in Hawai’i County and the neighbor islands. We support the request made by the ACLU Hawai’i to our Mayor in June, 2025**

“We continue to have open dialogue with our police to ensure that we are in compliance with the existing MOUs and not conducting enforcement activity outside the scope of HPD’s authority,” the council chair said.
Inaba added that he agrees with ACLU and doesn’t think the county should advance any further agreements.
“The ACLU letter explains that the 287(g) program, named for a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, delegates federal authority to carry out certain immigration enforcement activities to participating local law enforcement officers.”
~ Big Island Now, Tiffany DeMasters

Hawai’i County Council Members

Resolution 74-25
FULL VIDEO HEARING HERE
Read the concerns HERE
PASSED 5 to 4 VOTE

This Civil Beat article should make it clear to Mr. Onishi, Ms. Kierkiewicz, Mr. Kaneali‘i-Kleinfelder, Ms. Galimba, and Chair Inaba that supporting RES 74-25 was a reckless decision made without fully understanding the current realities faced by residents of our county and our nation. Innocent, law-abiding immigrants — including children 0-17 of age — have been detained without due process, with some even kidnapped from school grounds and held at the local police station before being deported. Some have returned home due to no legal standing, yet are traumatized by this experience.

Mahalo to Ms. Kimball, Kagiwada, Villeges, and Mr. Hustace for applying this simple safety rule by voting NO!

We are the ONLY island nation where Native Hawaiians have legal rights!

Yet, we have low voting rates.

VOTE! BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT US TO.

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