<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium" src="https://cdn.houstonpublicmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/09105018/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg" alt="A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white" width="1000" height="563" /></p><p>On Friday's show: President Donald Trump has frozen the processing of immigration requests for all Afghans pending a review of security and vetting procedures. Now, many Afghan immigrants, including many in Houston who came to the United States through the appropriate legal channels, are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/12/11/538334/trump-immigration-afghans-houston-ice-national-guard/" rel="noopener">growing increasingly worried</a> about their status.</p><p>And we learn about a cold front arriving late Saturday that could bring Houston's first freeze of the season early Monday morning.</p><p>Also this hour: <span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">From a State Department policy change involving fonts, to the debut of the world’s longest commercial flight route, to In-N-Out Burger doing away with 2025’s most annoying outburst, o</span>ur non-experts consider <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/topics/good-bad-ugly/" rel="noopener">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</a> of the week.</p><p>And we meet Angolan-born, Houston-based singer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/vivalda_ndula_oficial/?hl=en" rel="noopener">Vivalda Ndula</a>, who blends traditional rhythms with Afro-contemporary sounds. But her music does more than entertain. It also confronts inequality, celebrates resilience, and uplifts unheard voices.</p><p><b>Watch</b></p><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1z9TebxdGL8?si=YM2lzCEzly0nrVG6&amp;start=319" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>