Jill Meinecke2025-09-25T14:04:17-10:00September 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, Donald Trump, English language learners, HSTA President, ICE, immigration enforcement, Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, J20+, migrants, Osa Tui, Project 2025, public education, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, union power, University of Hawaii at Manoa|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. warned that public education is under attack during a community forum Friday, citing threats to schools, teachers, and unions under the Trump administration.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-31T14:21:18-10:00July 31, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU, ACLU Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, ICE, immigration, immigration enforcement, Immigration guidance, Know Your Rights, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
Just days ahead of students returning to campuses and classrooms for the new school year, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association co-hosted a second Know Your Rights: Immigration Enforcement session for educators.
cschubert2025-07-25T14:48:01-10:00July 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU Hawaiʻi, Educators Webinar, Hawaiʻi Teachers, HSTA, Immigration Awareness, immigration enforcement, Jill Tokuda, Know Your Rights, Legal Rights, Student Protection|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, and ACLU Hawaiʻi will host a “Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement” webinar on July 30 to provide educators with vital legal information and strategies to protect students amid immigration enforcement efforts.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-14T13:06:01-10:00May 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, HIBOE, HIDOE, ICE, immigration enforcement, Immigration guidance, Jill Tokuda, Keith Hayashi, Plyler v. DOE, Roy Takumi|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is asking the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to affirm that it won’t retaliate or discipline school employees who refuse to participate in immigration enforcement. The union also wants HIDOE to require administrators to be trained on immigration enforcement issues.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-23T15:20:40-10:00January 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Donald Trump, immigrants, immigration, immigration enforcement, National Education Association, NEA, NEA immigration guidance, safe zones, unauthorized immigrants|
Immigration guidance compiled by the National Education Association lays out information regarding immigration and schools in light of President Donald Trump's plan for aggressive immigrations enforcement.
