active-litigation — Six or more habeas writs granted by federal judges in the District of Hawaii as of April 2026. The Rico-Tapia ruling — a man held six weeks without a bond hearing — has been cited 200+ times in federal courts nationally. Hawaii ICE arrests in 2025 quadrupled the 2024 figure. ACLU Hawaii and community advocates driving sustained legal and organizing response.

enforcement-event — On Nov 5, 2025, eight federal agencies executed six search warrants on Kauaʻi — residences in Kapahi and Kalāheo used as workforce housing by cleaning contractor Hawaii Care and Cleaning Inc., plus one business — arresting 44 people. ICE alleged two were associates of Tren de Aragua, marking Hawaii's first claimed Venezuelan-gang link. The raid is the largest single immigration enforcement action on a neighbor island and drove the statewide 2025 arrest surge (194 ICE arrests Jan-Oct 2025 vs. 52 in all of 2024).