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This bill aims to protect immigrants in Hawaii's educational and healthcare facilities by establishing strict limitations on how information about citizenship and immigration status can be collected and shared. Specifically, the bill prohibits public schools (including department and charter schools) and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities from collecting information about a student's or patient's citizenship or immigration status, and from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to enter their facilities without a valid judicial warrant and multiple levels of administrative approval. The legislation requires that if ICE officers do gain access, they must be limited to areas where students or patients are not present. School officials must also educate students about the negative impacts of bullying based on immigration status and inform parents about students' rights to free public education regardless of immigration status. For healthcare facilities, similar restrictions apply, with hospital leadership required to report any ICE requests immediately to their board of directors while maintaining confidentiality. The bill's context is grounded in Hawaii's recognition of its diverse immigrant population, with the state being home to over 266,000 immigrants, including 45,000 undocumented immigrants, and a legislative intent to ensure due process and civil rights protections for all community members, regardless of their immigration status.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=440&year=2025