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The House Economic Development and Technology Committee advanced six measures on Friday — all of them providing more guardrails for immigration enforcement.

About 100 people gathered at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol rotunda, many placing lei and flowers on pictures of Alex Pretti and Renée Good, another American citizen killed earlier this month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

ACLU President Deborah Archer spoke with HPR’s Ashley Mizuo about how the organization's work has changed during the second Trump administration.

ACLU of Hawaiʻi Executive Director Salmah Rizvi explained that working on strengthening state and local laws is one way to push back against the federal administration.

Hawaiʻi is joining over 2,000 other “No Dictators” or “No Kings” demonstrations scheduled around the country on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and his administration.

The ACLU of Hawaiʻi on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the school, saying the policy discriminates against transgender students. The organization did so on behalf of the family of an unidentified 9-year-old transgender student who has lived openly as a girl since she was 5 years old, according to the complaint.

The Honolulu Federal Detention Center could be back on the table to replace the deteriorating and overpopulated Oʻahu Community Correctional Center. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports that Gov. Josh Green has asked the Trump administration to consider allowing the state to acquire the underutilized federal prison.

A new class-action lawsuit alleges that the Honolulu Police Department has had a “longstanding pattern” of arresting people for driving under the influence without probable cause and due process. The plaintiffs want HPD’s practices to be deemed unconstitutional. The lawsuit does not seek monetary damages.

The organization highlighted her work to protect the civil rights of Muslims working in highly militarized institutions. In her law career, Rizvi has focused on systemic injustice, the rights of incarcerated people, religious freedom, free speech of LGBTQ students, voting, and racial justice.

Last year the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the city for enforcing bans on sitting or lying in some public spaces, obstructing sidewalks, or camping at parks and beaches — policies that primarily target unsheltered individuals.