Claim: "Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."
Fact-check: Already this year, Greg Abbott says, over 20,000 immigrants caught after crossing border into U.S.
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2015-03-03T00:00:00