News for May 11, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration is sending the first group of White South Africans granted refugee status to the United States, in a fast-tracked move that has sparked debate with South Africa.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham warned that deep Medicaid cuts could hurt health care access, while also criticizing the Trump administration’s border crackdown as heavy-handed and unconstitutional.

Cardinal Blase Cupich said Pope Leo XIV is likely to speak out on major global issues such as immigration and climate change, including matters that affect the future of humanity.

Sen. John Barrasso would not say whether he would support suspending habeas corpus for undocumented immigrants, and he said he did not think the issue would reach Congress.

Donald Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus, a rare step that could make it easier to hold and deport immigrants by limiting court challenges to detention.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student from Turkey, returned to Boston after a federal judge ordered her release from immigration detention.