The Conversation: Immigration cases; Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of immigration cases on the judicial system and cleanup efforts at a botanical garden in Hawaii.

Troy Nunley, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, talks about the strain that immigration cases have placed on his district and what led him to ask for help from Hawaiʻi judges; Honolulu's director of botanical gardens, Joshlyn Sand, on cleanup efforts at Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāne‘ohe following the Kona Lows

People in this episode

Guests: Troy Nunley, Joshlyn Sand

Topics covered

• immigration
• judicial system
• botanical gardens
• cleanup efforts
• Hawaii

Keywords

• immigration cases
• Troy Nunley
• Joshlyn Sand
• Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden
• Kona Lows

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Places: Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi

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