07-01-2025, 05:32 PM
Civil Beat has some local independent reporting that also arrives at a ~500% increase, so the math be mathing. Also has some useful graphs. Hawaii's congressional folks (minus Ed Case, because, of course) condemned the ICE activities and highlighted the concerns over due process.
Continuing the 250-year anniversary theme for those who skipped U.S. History to tinker with their car - "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams (first U.S. Vice President, second U.S. President)"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/immigr...e-tactics/
"With the arrests of immigrants surging, most of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation accuse federal immigration agents of creating “fear and terrorizing communities” in the Aloha State in a letter to be sent Tuesday to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
“Rather than making us safer or more secure, your needlessly aggressive immigration enforcement has created chaos and confusion in our communities while raising due process concerns,” the letter said, signed by U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, and Rep. Jill Tokuda.
Notably absent among the letter’s signatories: Hawaiʻi U.S. Rep. Ed Case." (more at link)
Continuing the 250-year anniversary theme for those who skipped U.S. History to tinker with their car - "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams (first U.S. Vice President, second U.S. President)"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/immigr...e-tactics/
"With the arrests of immigrants surging, most of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation accuse federal immigration agents of creating “fear and terrorizing communities” in the Aloha State in a letter to be sent Tuesday to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
“Rather than making us safer or more secure, your needlessly aggressive immigration enforcement has created chaos and confusion in our communities while raising due process concerns,” the letter said, signed by U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, and Rep. Jill Tokuda.
Notably absent among the letter’s signatories: Hawaiʻi U.S. Rep. Ed Case." (more at link)