Posted on 06/15/2019 2:49:12 PM PDT by Jyotishi
Bill 31 would have restricted the Honolulu Police Department from aiding federal immigration authorities.
'Sanctuary City' Measure Dies In Honolulu City Council
The sponsors of a City Council measure that would have made Honolulu a "sanctuary city" have decided not to pursue its passage after it generated considerable opposition.
Bill 31, which was introduced by Councilwomen Ann Kobayashi and Carol Fukunaga before the full council June 5, would have barred the Honolulu Police Department from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement agencies in many instances.
Kobayashi and Fukunaga declined to comment on the bill, but released a joint statement explaining why they decided to drop it.
Honolulu City Councilwomen Carol Fukunaga, left, and Ann Kobayashi had sponsored Bill 31.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
"Bill 31 was introduced after we received repeated requests for assurances that Honolulu's law enforcement officers were there to enforce, first and foremost, the laws of the State of Hawaii and the City and County of Honolulu," Kobayashi and Fukunaga said in the statement. "Given the reaction we have seen from the community, no further discussion will take place on this matter."
The bill would have restricted the police department from detaining and transferring immigrants on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while also preventing the department from providing information to ICE regarding an immigrant's location or jail release date.
The measure included several exceptions allowing the department to honor these requests if ICE had a judicial warrant or if the individual had committed a felony or was a repeat misdemeanor offender during the previous five years.
Illegals that can swim over 2,000 miles are a mighty rare species, I reckun.
I have seen specials where homeless people save up money to buy a one way ticket to Hawaii. You can live outside the entire year and plenty of tourist to hit up for cash.
— Caroline Kennedy
Opposition, really? So, "We're going to bring in 10,000 haoles from Africa and they'll never leave" isn't something that would appeal to Hawaiians? Who would have thought it?
I’m pleasantly surprised this failed in someplace like Honolulu.
The federal marshals should arrest mayors, governors, city council members, etc. who violate federal law with these sanctuary cities / states.
The real reason is Honolulu is billions of dollars in debt because it’s building a federally subsidized Rail To Nowhere system. A portion of that is supposed to be covered by federal dollars. The Trump administration keeps on threatening to cut off sanctuary cities from receiving federal funding.
Hawaii should have never become a State.
Winning...that’s two states in a week.
Liberals talk a good game but when the time comes to all the walk it always NIMBY.
Not enough meh-ee-cans sneaking in?
I was a pup living there when it happened. Hey, we got out of school for 3 days. Sixth grade IIRC.
The rule should be that any jurisdiction that declares itself as sanctuary gets 100% of released illegal aliens until the next jurisdiction foolish enough to volunteer steps up.
If you’re gonna be a bum that sounds like a plan. That’s one way to get rid of them. Hmmm.
Hawaii is a perfect example of “soft Socialism.” The Democrats have been in power since the 1950s, many political elections are unopposed and most people don’t bother to vote because it makes no difference. Many career politicians “retire” in the middle of their terms (getting healthy lifetime pensions and medical benefits) so the Democrat governor can appoint their replacement, who then has the money and machine of an “incumbent” by the next sham election. Or when the former politician steps down, they are then appointed to some cushy spot in the bureaucracy. Real decisions are made in the Democrat Central Party Committee or in various backroom deals that are simply announced as being the will of the people. The Democrats control the banks and savings and loans, the healthcare system, and sit on most of the boards of the major Hawaii companies. If you do get too open in your opposition to “the system,” you will find yourself being blackballed from jobs, clients, business loans. So the same corrupt system perpetuates itself generation after generation.
I would have restored the Kingdom, it was shameful what we did to topple it.
I was a pup when Hawaii boasted the 49th-State Recording Company. ;)
Boy that’s a surprise. HI is more nuts than CA.
You should go on over and tell Hawaiians that and see what kind of reaction you’d get. Probably wouldn’t make it off the island with just a nice tan...
And yet we have lots of Congolese pouring over the souther border. Must all be Olympic swimmers.
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