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This concurrent resolution urges all county planning and permitting agencies to reject any permit applications for building, enlarging, or using warehouses by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold individuals who are awaiting deportation. The resolution highlights that Congress has provided significant funding to ICE for new detention facilities, and reports suggest ICE plans to convert large warehouses into these detention centers, potentially holding thousands of individuals far from their support systems and legal representation. The resolution expresses concern that this approach is dehumanizing, promotes mass incarceration, undermines due process, and conflicts with Hawaii's values of dignity and respect for all people, regardless of immigration status. It concludes by directing that copies of this resolution be sent to the planning departments of Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai counties.