Immigration

Gaye Chan, of the Oʻahu Rapid Response Coalition, explains how their organization monitors and responds to ICE activity on Oʻahu.

Gaye Chan, of the Oʻahu Rapid Response Coalition, shares their mission to monitor ICE activity on Oʻahu; Honolulu Director of Transit Jon Nouchi shares how the city’s public transportation plans are progressing.

Despite pushback from critics, The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $16.7 million contract to a Kentucky based company to by gloves that deliver painful shocks when it touches skin.

City Council candidates speak after the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled Tommy Waters ineligible to run in the general election; Maui-based motivational speaker Eric Saperston shares his new card game creation, "Three Things."

Camron Hurt, the Hawaiʻi State Director of nonpartisan watchdog group Common Cause, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's final rulings for 2026.

Wookie Kim, legal director at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, speaks about the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on birthright citizenship and transgender athletes' participation in school sports.

Playwright Diane Aoki spoke to HPR's Lillian Tsang about "Memory Beads," which will be playing onstage at Kumu Kahua Theatre through June 28.

Of the nearly 3,000 bills that were introduced at the Legislature, about 270 have made it to the final step of the legislative process. Most of the measures will be voted on a final time by the House and Senate on Wednesday, and the legislative session will end on Friday. That’s a lot to digest. So here at HPR, we’re breaking down what you need to know as the Legislature heads into its final week.

Troy Nunley, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, talks about the strain that immigration cases have placed on his district and what led him to ask for help from Hawaiʻi judges; Honolulu's director of botanical gardens, Joshlyn Sand, on cleanup efforts at Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāne‘ohe following the Kona Lows

At least five federal judges in Hawai'i have been assigned more than 40 immigration cases from three districts in California. Habeas corpus petitions are a growing strategy from immigration lawyers.