STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1498-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.R. No. 184

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 184 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND REQUESTING DATA ON THE EFFECT OF CASE BACKLOGS AND THE LACK OF FREE OR LOW-COST LEGAL REPRESENTATION ON IMMIGRATION CASES FILED IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States Congress to provide adequate funding for immigration services and the requesting data on the effect of case backlogs and the lack of free or low-cost legal representation on immigration cases filed in Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Office of Community Services, Hawai'i Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Hawai'i Friends of Civil Rights, and The Legal Clinic. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 184 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair