Hawaii has not enacted a statewide sanctuary law nor a statewide preemption forbidding sanctuary policies. Counties and city governments such as Honolulu have adopted their own policies governing local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Hawaii's legislature has not enacted a statewide sanctuary statute that limits cooperation between state agencies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nor has it enacted a preemption statute prohibiting county sanctuary policies. This leaves immigration-cooperation policy primarily to county and municipal governments. The City and County of Honolulu has adopted policies, including Honolulu Police Department directives, that limit officer involvement in civil immigration enforcement and restrict honoring ICE detainers without judicial warrants. Other counties have considered or adopted similar non-cooperation guidance. State-level criminal justice agencies follow federal law on detainers and information sharing where required. Because no statewide preemption exists, counties retain home-rule authority to set their own approach to immigration cooperation. Bills proposing both sanctuary protections and anti-sanctuary preemption have been introduced in the legislature but none have become law.
No statewide sanctuary or anti-sanctuary penalties exist. County policies set their own internal compliance and disciplinary standards.
Ewa Gentry, HI
ROH Sec. 16-6.2 requires Ewa Gentry residential swimming pools to be fully enclosed by a compliant fence or protective device designed to prevent unsupervise...
Ewa Gentry, HI
Ewa Gentry follows Honolulu's adoption of the IRC via ROH Chapter 16, incorporating IRC R314 for smoke alarms and R315 for CO alarms. Detectors are required ...
Ewa Gentry, HI
Honolulu uses a minimum-stay rule rather than an annual night cap. Under ROH §21-5.730 (Ord. 22-7), every reservation under 30 consecutive days at a resident...
Ewa Gentry, HI
Ewa Gentry is residentially zoned, so under ROH §21-5.730 (Ord. 22-7) and Ordinance 25-52 DPP will not register sub-30-day STRs here. Registration is reserve...
Ewa Gentry, HI
Ewa Gentry residents may not enter or remain in public parks during posted closure hours under ROH Sec. 10-1.2, though direct traverse of beach parks to reac...
Ewa Gentry, HI
Honolulu has no separate juvenile curfew ordinance, so Ewa Gentry follows HRS Sec. 577-16: children under 16 are prohibited from public places between 10 p.m...
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