Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier will testify before a congressional committee about the impacts of the Trump administrationโ€™s policies on border communities on Tuesday, April 30, in Washington, D.C.

The sheriffโ€™s department said Napier โ€œwill make clear that border communities are experiencing both a public safety and humanitarian crisis due to conditions on our southern border.โ€

Napier will also tell the committee that border communities need additional resources, and heโ€™ll express support for comprehensive bipartisan solutions, the press release said.

Napier was invited to testify before the Congressional Subcommittee on Border Security as a representative of the Southwestern Border Sheriffโ€™s Coalition and as Chair for the Border Security Committee of the Major County Sheriffs of America.

To watch live, go to homeland.house.gov at 7 a.m. April 30. Go to the Hearings & Markups tab, and click on the heading “The Impacts of Trump Policies on Border Communities.”


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