State Sen. Paul Bettencourt said, “194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses.”
Bettencourt’s claim was part of a written resolution passed by the Texas Senate earlier this month, which declared a crisis on the Texas-Mexico border, and supported President Donald Trump’s border-security strategy.
Is Bettencourt’s claim a fact? Madlin Mekelburg of the PolitiFact Texas fact-checking team has the answer.
Hear how Bettencourt’s claim scored in the player above.
Written by Sara Schleede.
