STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1329-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 35

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.R. No. 35 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO IMMEDIATELY RESUME BIOMETRIC INTAKE AND INTERVIEWS ON THE COUNTIES OF HAWAII, MAUI, AND KAUAI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the thousands of immigrants residing on the neighbor islands with equal access to the immigration process by urging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to immediately resume mobile biometric intake and interviews in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 35 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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KEN ITO, Chair