U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 200 illegal immigrants who have been charged or convicted of sex offenses involving children.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) will close two Houston-area abortion facilities, including the 78,000-square-foot Prevention Park center, once the largest abortion clinic in the Western Hemisphere. The decision, effective September 30, comes amid increasing financial pressure and legal victories for the pro-life movement.
Three illegal aliens from El Salvador were arrested by Houston Police Department investigators in a sting operation targeting individuals using dating apps to solicit underage girls. The suspects—Abner Ruiz, Carlos Gomez, and Erick Menjivar—were charged with online solicitation of a minor. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged immigration detainers on all three after their arrests.
Federal agencies in Houston have launched a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) aimed at dismantling transnational criminal organizations operating in Southeast Texas. The move follows the arrest of 1,361 criminal aliens in June, including gang members, murderers, child predators, and a convicted airplane hijacker.
Houston pediatrician Christina B. Propst has been terminated after posting a politically charged message on Facebook targeting residents of Kerr County, Texas, following devastating flash floods. In the now-deleted post, Propst suggested the victims “got what they voted for” due to their past support for President Donald Trump and Republican-led disaster relief policies.
Federal agents have arrested several members of a Houston-based drug trafficking ring accused of using taco trucks to store and distribute drugs. According to the Department of Justice, the group—connected to Mexican cartels—moved large quantities of heroin, meth, cocaine, mushrooms, pills, and marijuana from South Texas into Houston for distribution.
Autonomous trucking pioneer Aurora has made transportation history by becoming the first company to operate a fully driverless commercial trucking service on public roads. The firm’s self-driving trucks are now delivering freight between Dallas and Houston, marking a major breakthrough in the logistics and transportation industry.
Texas teens reportedly raked in nearly $1.4 million at the 2025 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo during RodeoHouston’s Junior Market Steer Auction this month.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Houston continue to arrest and remove violent criminals illegally residing in the U.S. In several recent operations, agents apprehended over 600 criminal foreign nationals, including previously deported offenders, gang members, sex offenders, and fugitives.
