ACLU of Hawaiʻi attorney Leilani Stacy has filed several winning habeas petitions. (Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026)

Locked Up Too Long? Legal Tactic Challenges Hawaiʻi ICE Detentions

Joaquin David Rico-Tapia had been held at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center for six weeks when his attorney filed a special petition last September arguing he had been illegally detained as his deportation case went forward.

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PRESS RELEASE - Hawaiʻi Legislators and Community Advocates Celebrate Landmark Immigrant Justice Laws and Honor Lives Lost to Immigration Enforcement

Hawaiʻi celebrates six landmark immigrant justice laws while honoring 64 lives lost to immigration enforcement.
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OpEd: Protect State Constitution by voting ‘No’ on ConCon

This piece originally ran in Honolulu Civil Beat on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 under the title "Protect State Constitution By Voting 'No' On ConCon":

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OpEd: Stronger schools, not “zero tolerance” are the best way to address bullying

Read an op-ed authored by Legal Fellow Rae Shih on why punitive discipline won't end bullying in schools.

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OpEd: Criminalizing someone for being poor is wrong, immoral, and – under our laws and constitution –illegal.

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COMMENT ON THE SIGNING OF BILLS CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS IN HONOLULU

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ACLU Hawai‘i: Mahalo Governor Ige for allowing Police Standards bill to become law

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ACLU of Hawai‘i thanks elections officials: proclamation lets Hawai‘i Island voters register and vote in person on election day

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American experiment still thrives

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On the decision in Hawai‘i v. Trump

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ACLU of Hawai‘i calls on Governor Ige to withhold National Guard troops from border duty as long as children are being separated from their parents

Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Today the ACLU of Hawai'i called on Governor David Ige to refuse to send Hawai'i National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border so long as the Trump Administration continues its unconscionable policy of separating children from their parents.

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