Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway testified last week in Washington, D.C. to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security. The Sept. 18 hearing, entitled “A Country Without Borders: How Biden-Harris’ Open-Borders Policies Have Undermined Our Safety and Security,” lasted for over three hours.
In a press release recapping the hearing, the Sheriff’s Office said that while “the [Republican] committee leaders made intense efforts to portray migrants as murderers and criminals, [Sheriff Hathaway] focused on the importance of free trade and friendly relationships with other countries and the need for a functional guest worker program.”
Witness testimony can be found here, with Sheriff Hathaway’s statement beginning on page 17: https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-09-18-HRG-Testimony-1.pdf
Here is unedited video of the hearing, starting near the point at which Sheriff Hathaway is introduced and makes his opening statement:
