Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Hawaiʻi’s teacher union is worried that an ICE raid on Maui could scare away foreign teachers helping to bolster our classrooms.
Hear the story of an educator — a U.S.-born citizen — who shares a Kahului home with approximately 10 Hawaiʻi public school teachers from the Philippines who are here on work visas.
These teachers were ensnared in an early morning ICE raid.
While agents said they were looking for a convicted felon who previously lived in the house, she said they didn’t produce a warrant until after they searched the property.
This teacher, who said she remained too frightened to be publicly identified, said she repeatedly asked officers if she could produce identification.
She was eventually allowed into the house to retrieve her passport, but by then the raid was nearly over.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/05/union-fears-maui-ice-raid-will-scare-away-foreign-teachers
Hawaiʻi’s teacher union is worried that an ICE raid on Maui could scare away foreign teachers helping to bolster our classrooms.
Hear the story of an educator — a U.S.-born citizen — who shares a Kahului home with approximately 10 Hawaiʻi public school teachers from the Philippines who are here on work visas.
These teachers were ensnared in an early morning ICE raid.
While agents said they were looking for a convicted felon who previously lived in the house, she said they didn’t produce a warrant until after they searched the property.
This teacher, who said she remained too frightened to be publicly identified, said she repeatedly asked officers if she could produce identification.
She was eventually allowed into the house to retrieve her passport, but by then the raid was nearly over.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/05/union-fears-maui-ice-raid-will-scare-away-foreign-teachers
