Thank you to RILC Advocate Kara Teng ’17 and law students for assisting a dozen former Lahaina residents this week with replacing their green cards that were destroyed in the fire.

Ever since the wildfires, RILC Advisory Committee Member Kevin Block, an immigration attorney on Maui, and his staff Liz Cortez have been inundated with requests for help with immigration document replacement. Without these documents, it is difficult for immigrants to fly to another island or out of state, prove they are authorized to work, apply for benefits, etc. Kevin and Liz have been helping others while they themselves have been impacted by the wildfires.

Mahalo to RILC students Miah Bonilla ’25, Brissa Flores Romero ’24, Joshua Nam ’24, and Leeyannah Santos ’24 for supporting Kevin and Liz by filling out applications to replace the documents with impacted immigrants over the phone and making fee waiver and expedite requests to USCIS. Yesterday, Kara flew to Maui to meet the applicants in Kevin’s office and have them review and sign their applications. She assisted walk-ins as well.

Although we are still grieving for and with Lahaina, we are grateful for this opportunity to help those impacted and those on the front lines in Maui, like Kevin and Liz, however we can. Thank you to RILC Advocate Kara Teng ’17 and law students for assisting a dozen former Lahaina residents this week with replacing their green cards that were destroyed in the fire