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Hawaii County Council-25 October 22,2025 MS. VILLEGAS: Thank you for answering that question. That is really helpful and I am in full support of this resolution. And I'm in full support of any and all actions we can take as a County Council to stand strong in opposition to what I believe are illegal actions on the part of the Federal Government right now. So thank you, Council Member Galimba, for bringing this forward. I yield. CHR. INABA: Council Member Kagiwada. MS. KAGIWADA: Thank you. And once again, thank you to the maker of this resolution. I stand in full support. I do think there's room for us as a body to send a stronger message to our State Legislature, our State Government about specific actions that we want them to take to support us in the counties, support our police departments to make sure that they are able to do what they are supposed to do, which is protect and serve our residents here on Hawaii Island. I do have grave concerns about future actions by our Federal administration to potentially starve us of resources, and then offer lots of resources with the caveat that we collaborate with Federal enforcement and operations of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and immigration issues. So I really do think we need to go beyond this, but I do fully support this resolution as it is. Happy to vote to pass it without any amendments at this time. I yield. CHR. INABA: Council Member Hustace. MR. HUSTACE: Thank you, Chair. Once again, I want to mahalo the maker of this resolution and the conversations we've had here on the dais. There's definitely been the tension, the concern, of course the fear. And we also saw that earlier this year with Resolution, I think it was 74,that conversation with our partnership at the local level with our agencies going upward. This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to be with over a thousand people in the Waimea space near Ikua Purdy Statue. Really felt that sense of what this speaks to, what the resolution speaks to about spirit of aloha, fairness, equality, and our diversity, our multiculturalism that you're really honing in on here, Council Member Galimba. So I want to mahalo you for that. We also have that opportunity, as we've heard from some of the testifiers, opportunity to have further discussion about funding these legal immigration services and how we can further support that effort here locally. But I really want to mahalo you and really speaking to the rainbow race that we are here in Hawaii, and all that we bring to the table from all the different facets of life we walk and all the communities and cultures that we come from to this small space. So mahalo. Thank you, Chair. CHR. INABA: Council Member Kimball. Page 8