Prince Harry has been told that Donald Trump’s expulsion “just made him more interesting” by a right-wing think tank after his visa lawsuit.
The Heritage Foundation is suing the Biden administration to try to access Harry’s visa application to determine whether he lied about his past drug use.
Prince wrote in his memoirs spare that he has used marijuana, magic mushrooms, ayahuasca and cocaine.
The think tank lost the case after the judge partially redacted their memorandum suggesting Harry’s privacy trumped the public’s right to know.
The Legacy Oversight Project suggested that the editorial was “suspicious” and that Trump could fire Harry if he were to become president again.
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Will Donald Trump Deport Prince Harry?
Trump has never said he will fire Harry, but has always allowed speculation that he might suggest he might intervene in the dispute.
In a March interview with GB News, Trump was asked about the issue and said: “We need to see if he knows about the drug, and if he is lying he needs to take appropriate action.”
Asked what Harry meant by “not staying in America,” he said: “Oh, I don’t know. You should have told me. You should have just told me. a long time ago.”
This was interpreted publicly and in the media at the time as a sign that Trump might consider revoking Harry’s visa.
That said, a spokeswoman for Trump said Newsweek: “Heritage Foundation does not speak for President Trump.”
How Donald Trump May Be Close to Revoking Harry’s Visa
Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, said Newsweek that Trump could theoretically pursue Harry’s deportation, although the prince may try to circumvent the move.
“If he wins, Trump can appoint a Secretary of Homeland Security who can start the process of removing Prince Harry,” Rahmani said. “Admitted drug use is usually enough to keep immigrants out of the country.
“Prince Harry’s admission in his book that he used cocaine, mushrooms, or other drugs recreationally is usually grounds for inadmissibility.
“Although DHS is not aggressively enforcing this provision, there are no arrests or convictions and visa cancellations for people already in the United States, this does not mean it cannot be done.
“If DHS takes action, Prince Harry can get a waiver by denying the use of the drug is in remission. Some people are considered in remission after a year.
“A waiver request requires a doctor to submit medical documentation. This will be something the immigration judge will have to sort out.”
It has never been publicly revealed what Harry’s visa is, but it is hypothetically possible that the prince has a diplomatic visa. However, it is usually given to British representatives, and there is no pretense that Harry is in America on behalf of the country or the monarchy.
“Prince Harry’s type of visa is unusual,” Rahmani said. “It might be a diplomatic visa, but he’s not an official representative of the British government, so it’s less likely. It might be a normal work visa, an O-1 extraordinary visa, a tourist visa, a spouse visa, or an EB. -5. The Department of Homeland Security can revoke diplomatic visa.”
The Heritage Foundation’s Swipe on Harry
Mike Howell, executive director of the Oversight Project, said in a statement to Newsweek earlier this week: “Prince Harry’s scandal just got a lot more suspicious. While our case is far from over we are exploring the appeal, I say that these very curious redactions show something serious afoot.
“President Trump has suggested that Prince Harry will be deported next year and the case has become more interesting.”
“The American people deserve an immigration system with secure borders and the same rules that apply to high-profile immigrants like Harry,” Howell said.
“It certainly appears that Harry was given special treatment and we now know something very serious involving extensive redactions.
“Americans will know the full story soon enough. Maybe Mr. and Mrs. Markle will tell us what lies beneath the redaction in the next Netflix special.”
Jack Royston is the chief royal correspondent for Newsweekbased in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, on @jack_royston and read the story in Newsweek‘s Royals Facebook page.
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