Immigration

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On today's program, we're revisiting stories of those who left their homelands to start new lives in Hawaiʻi.

Graeme Blair, the co-director of the Deportation Data Project, spoke with HPR's Maddie Bender about trends in immigration enforcement across the country since the start of the second Trump administration.

Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, talks about how President Donald Trump's immigration policies are being felt across the country and in Hawaiʻi; Nancy Holman, Kalaupapa National Historical Park superintendent, discusses what to expect as the park reopens for public tours this week

Seth Colby steps into the role of Hawaiʻi's chief economist; The Hawaiʻi Department of Health addresses concerns over a rise in national cases of cannabis poisoning among children

States like California and New York are considering state laws that could put guardrails on immigration enforcement. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on calls for similar action in Hawaiʻi.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono wants answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after a veteran living in Hawaiʻi, Sae Joon Park, was told to self-deport back to South Korea or face detention.

Jamie Stidger, an English teacher at Castle High School on Oʻahu, recently spoke out at an education conference to affirm that all students, regardless of immigration status, have a right to an education.

Advocacy groups and lawmakers gathered to rally against President Donald Trump’s tax bill outside the federal building in Honolulu on Thursday. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.

Khara Jabola-Carolus is one of the authors of a report on Filipino women survivors of the Maui wildfires. She spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about recent incorrect claims made by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.