FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agreement

A Kula resident urged the committee to have no agreement with the current Department of Justice and FBI, calling them politicized agencies that disregard civil rights.

Said Maui is still healing from the fires and urged leaders to choose people over processes rather than introduce fear and division.

Urged a no vote and termination of the existing JTTF agreement, citing Trump's national security memo treating political dissent as domestic terrorism.

A political scientist testifying in strong opposition, arguing national security rhetoric has historically been used against indigenous and immigrant communities.

A Haiku resident asked the council to end the existing JTTF contract and the National Guard agreement, not just vote no on the new one.

A sociology instructor who warned that NSPM 7's broad domestic terrorism definitions could sweep in protected political speech.

A retired Kihei clergyman who argued the council has not completed the fact-finding required by county code before consenting to an intergovernmental agreement.

Read contract provisions showing county officers detailed to the JTTF remain under FBI supervision and are locked in for two years, calling it a master-servant relationship.

Demanded fact-finding on officer numbers, NDAs, and clauses she said muzzle the county, arguing the FBI gets a free hand to define terrorism.

A retired fire captain who questioned whether the 19-year-old contract is even properly executed, and said local police should not be under federal control.

A Haiku resident and former journalist who asked the committee to correct falsehoods in its prior report and impose limits on officer assignments and 24/7 call-ups.

Maui Indivisible representative who said filing is not enough — the council must vote no, terminate the existing JTTF contract, and end Homeland Security and National Guard agreements.

Son of Holocaust survivors who said the country is already in an authoritarian period and urged a no vote.

A 71-year-old Wailuku homeless-outreach volunteer who said her neighbors and houseless friends are terrified and pleaded with the committee to vote no.

A Kula resident who said collaboration is possible without relinquishing local control and urged a no vote plus a protective local-control ordinance.

A 42-year Haiku resident who asked how many federal contracts exist that could expose residents to ICE enforcement and urged a no vote.

Criticized the council's earlier 7-1 approval, thanked the lone dissenter, and demanded termination of the existing JTTF, Homeland Security, and National Guard contracts; also read a statement from Annie Nelson.

A resident who described her own arrest and dismissed charges, saying she now urges the committee to change its position and vote no.

An immigrant and LULAC representative who said roughly 40 people have been taken from Maui in 13 months and urged a no vote on Bill 92.

Said residents are already afraid to publicly demonstrate and urged an immediate no vote.

Cited his own family's WWII internment and warned Maui officers could be dispatched anywhere in the country under the agreement with no geographic limits.

Testified as a Kanaka Maoli that belief in Hawaiian self-determination could be labeled domestic terrorism under federal task force logic.