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This bill requires state and county law enforcement agencies to inform individuals in their custody of their rights before any interview with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency responsible for enforcing immigration laws, regarding civil immigration violations, ensuring the individual understands the interview is voluntary and they can decline or have an attorney present, and providing a written consent form in multiple languages. It also mandates that all records related to ICE's access to detained individuals, including logs of interview requests and whether consent was given, become public records after personal identifying information is removed, and requires agencies that have granted ICE access to detained individuals in the past year to hold at least two public forums annually to share data on these interactions and gather public comment. The bill defines "civil immigration interview" as any interview by federal immigration authorities about civil immigration matters for someone in law enforcement custody, and "immigration hold" as a request from ICE or Customs and Border Protection to detain an individual suspected of violating civil immigration law.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2874&year=2026