A federal judge, John C. Coughenour, temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, citing it as blatantly unconstitutional.

On July 10th at NRG Arena, 3,360 people from 121 countries were sworn in as new U.S. citizens. It was Houston's largest-ever naturalization ceremony and took place despite the massive heatwave and power outages affecting the region after Hurricane Beryl.