Editorial: Validate, protect Hawaii civil liberties At year’s start, overreach by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) armed agents across the country spurred Hawaii, and many other states, to introduce legislation to try to curb federal excesses. Today, the visible outrage that erupted after Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed in Minnesota has subsided some, but the need remains for sturdy rule-of-law safeguards.