HRS §336-5
Releasing noncitizens from state institutions to return home
This section lets the official or board in charge of a state institution release a noncitizen who is kept or confined there so they can go back to their home country. The release is allowed only if the person stays away from the state. It does not set any other rules or deadlines.
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The statute, as written — Release of aliens for return to native land
The official or board in charge of any institution of the State in which any alien may be maintained or confined, may, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, release any alien from the institution for the purpose of returning or being returned to the alien's native land, such release to be conditioned upon the person so released remaining away from the State.
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