A 58-year-old Houston man, Jesus Carlos Silva, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for defrauding individuals with false promises of legal immigration status.

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.