I expect you would have to spend some period of time "homeless", living in a tent or in a shelter, before they would offer you a return trip home.
I don't think it is as dumb as it sounds. This is targeted at people that have family or other support in the continental US, but don't have the means to return to the mainland. They can't stand on the side of the highway in Honolulu with a cardboard sign labeled "Chicago".
Makana: I plan on going there for vacation, but with a one-way ticket, and then declare myself “Homeless”. Free ride back.
justlurking: I expect you would have to spend some period of time “homeless”, living in a tent or in a shelter, before they would offer you a return trip home.
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No he just has to say his parents brought him there when he was a child..
I don’t think it’s dumb at all. If Hawaii gets away with it, I’d like to see more states try it. It would be interesting to see how that would go.