Texas Standard for May 12, 2017
D-day at the Texas lege, as lawmakers hit deadlines, hundreds of bills fall by the wayside. We’ll explore what made it and what didn’t. And: Washington’s asking federal immigration judges to leave detention centers in South Texas. The reason might surprise you. Also: No sanctuary cities in Texas? Try telling that to the mayor of El Cenizo, the first Texas city to challenge the new sanctuary city ban. Plus: We’re number one! In wage theft? Efforts to crack down on crooked employers yield uneven results. And: S unique ephemeral film archive gets ready for its closeup. All of that and so much more today on the Texas Standard:

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