Despite being an American, the new pope appears to be against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown based on his social media statements.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago, was elected as the first American Pope on Thursday, taking over as the head of state for the 1.41 billion Catholics worldwide.
Known as Pope Leo XIV, the former missionary has been vocal in his criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 30, an undocumented immigrant and father of three from Maryland, was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, which he criticised in his final retweet on April 14.
