Texas Standard For August 19, 2019
A partial win for the Trump administration and its new asylum rule is affecting thousands of people on the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexico border – we’ll take a look at what’s happening. And: A ransomware attack paralyzes 23 government computer systems statewide – could it have been prevented? One expert says absolutely. Also: A man is set to be executed by Texas this week; it’s his sixth scheduled execution date – why doubts about his guilt have haunted the courts for almost two decades. Those stories and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

David Freid
The Texas Standard newsroom.
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