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Hawaii Lawsuit Must Wait For Appeals Court Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Lawsuit Must Wait For Appeals Court

Hawaii’s legal challenge of the Trump administration travel ban is on hold until the 9th Circuit decides what to do in a similar mainland case.

Trump Seeks To Put Hawaii Case On Hold Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trump Seeks To Put Hawaii Case On Hold

The Trump administration says Hawaii’s challenge of travel ban should wait until a mainland case is resolved.

Should Hawaii Become A Sanctuary State? Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Should Hawaii Become A Sanctuary State?

Some elected officials and community activists are working to position Hawaii to better help people affected by Trump’s immigration policies.

Hawaii Sues Trump To Block New Immigration Policy Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Sues Trump To Block New Immigration Policy

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin says the state is uniquely harmed by the president’s recent executive order that bars refugees and others from entering the U.S.

Honolulu Protesters Join The Outcry Over Immigration Ban Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Honolulu Protesters Join The Outcry Over Immigration Ban

Demonstrators gather at Honolulu International Airport on Sunday as similar scenes play out across the country.

AP: Fishermen Exploited In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

AP: Fishermen Exploited In Hawaii

An Associated Press investigation found that most fishermen on commercial vessels that dock at Hawaii piers are undocumented, poorly paid foreign workers.

Health Care: Migration Is Often a Matter of Survival Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat

Health Care: Migration Is Often a Matter of Survival

Diabetes and cancer are rampant throughout Micronesia, largely thanks to the legacy of nuclear tests and Western culture. But most islands lack adequate聽medical facilities, making migration a necessity.

Help Sought for Bikini Islanders Wikimedia Commons

Help Sought for Bikini Islanders

U.S. Senate and House leadership is urged to聽allow the people of Bikini to use resettlement funds to relocate outside of the Marshall Islands.

The Odyssey of Jonithen Jackson Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Odyssey of Jonithen Jackson

This “nuclear nomad” just wants to go home. Except home is a contaminated atoll 2,000 miles away.

‘A Journey That Has No Ending’ U.S. Department of Defense

‘A Journey That Has No Ending’

Most Americans have never even heard of the Compact of Free Association, but that may change as federal aid runs out, raising urgent questions about our moral, financial and legal responsibility to Micronesians.