Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Hawaii

[Punatang]

numbers for the state are at record highs. 

I didn’t phrase my question properly.  I meant to ask whether the number of illegal immigrants in Hawaii was higher or lower in the past than the estimate in the article.  I’m curious whether more foreign visitors are overstaying their visa and living here.  One would think the number might be higher over time as more arrive than leave?  Does it change our day to day life in any quantifiable way?  The charts list court backlogs due to COVID and deportations showing changes over the years.  The graphs show recent increases, but the percentage of deportations (hundreds) against the estimated total population (tens of thousands) is negligible.

Matthew Leonard, who wrote the Data Dive article, is probably the best person break down those exact immigration details for you. He is a senior reporter at Civil Beat focusing on data journalism. There’s a comment section after his article, you could ask him there, but it is over a year old so maybe it's best to email him?

http://civilbeat.org/2024/12/data-dive-h...ntury-high

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