Donald Trump has suggested that Prince Harry could be deported from the United States on his watch if the Duke is found to have falsified information on his visa form.
The former president, 77, spoke to TV presenter Nigel Farage on GB Newswhere he suggested the royal wouldn’t get “special privileges” if he lied about his drug use.
Harry, who has lived in the United States since 2020, lives in a nine-bedroom mansion in Montecito with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children Archie and Lilibet.
In his autobiography “Spare,” the prince revealed that he had previously used drugs, which under US law would normally be grounds for rejecting a visa application.
In the book, he admitted to using cocaine, cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms.
Farage was keen to insist Harry could be deported from the US while teasing his filmed interview at Mar-A-Lago on Monday.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrived in the United States in March 2020 and lives with his American wife Meghan and their two children in Montecito, California.
During the interview, which will be broadcast in full on British television on Tuesday, Farage asked Trump whether Harry should be given “special privileges” if it turns out he was not telling the truth.
“We’ll have to see if they know anything about drugs, and if he lied, they’ll have to take appropriate action,” Trump responded.
‘Appropriate measures? Which could mean…not staying in America? » asked Farage.
“Oh, I don’t know. You’ll have to tell me. You just have to tell me. You would have thought they would have known that a long time ago,” Trump responded.
Previously, the former president said he “would not protect” Harry because he had “betrayed the Queen”. Trump also said that if he won the election in November, Harry “would be alone.”
Harry admitted to using cocaine and marijuana in the past, once claiming that cannabis helped heal the trauma of his mother’s death.
The duke said that while using ayahuasca, the psychedelic drug, he realized his mother wanted him to be “happy”.
It was back in the news after Harry’s February interview with Good Morning America, where the issue of his application for US citizenship was raised.
“American citizenship is a thought that has crossed my mind, but it’s definitely not a priority for me right now,” he said.
Anyone applying for a visa to live and work in America must answer “yes” or “no” to the question: “Are you or have you ever been a drug addict or addict?”
Harry’s March 2020 U.S. visa application may show he checked the “no” box to questions about his drug use, the Heritage Foundation claims.
Donald Trump has suggested that if he is re-elected president later this year, Prince Harry could face potential consequences regarding his residency.
Farage couldn’t resist the chance to spend time poolside at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago
During the half-hour interview, which will be broadcast in full on British television later Tuesday, Farage asked Trump that Harry be given “special privileges” if it turns out he doesn’t He hadn’t told the truth.
US immigration authorities regularly ask about drug use on their visa applications, and it has been linked to travel problems for celebrities including Nigella Lawson, Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss.
Acknowledgment of prior drug use does not necessarily result in visa denial or prevent individuals from entering or remaining in the country.
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security said it needed two more weeks to search Prince Harry’s immigration records while a federal judge determines whether or not they should be made public.
The department made its request in a court filing Sunday, saying it needed more time to respond to Judge Carl Nichols’ order to provide more information about why its immigration information should remain secret.
The conservative Heritage Foundation is calling for the documents to be released to find out whether Harry lied about the very important document.
“The defendant began the search, but the search and review of the records took longer than anticipated,” DHS attorneys wrote in the filing.
They also said other government agencies may need to review the documents before they can turn them over to the judge.
The Heritage Foundation is suing the Department of Homeland Security to release details of Harry’s immigration status. On Sunday, DHS lawyers asked for more time to comply with the judge’s order to provide more information about why they did not want to release the records.
The DHS argued that releasing Harry’s records would constitute an invasion of the Duke’s privacy.
“Thus, having established good cause, Defendant respectfully requests fourteen additional days, up to and including April 4, 2024, to comply with the court’s order,” they wrote.
This case constitutes the latest twist in the legal battle concerning the Duke of Sussex and his immigration status.
Nile Gardiner, who spearheaded the application to set up the Heritage Foundation, said it was to ensure no one received special treatment.
“Again, Harry has publicly admitted to using numerous illegal drugs,” he said. wrote recently.
“What are we subjecting to this? Harry appears to have received special treatment: DHS looked the other way if the prince answered honestly, or it looked the other way if the prince lied on his visa application.
Nile Gardiner, who leads the Heritage Foundation’s Freedom of Information request, said this was to ensure no one received special treatment.
In an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday, Harry said he was considering becoming a U.S. citizen.
“Either action would be wrong.”
DHS has refused to release any information, in order to “protect the Duke’s privacy,” and the case is now in federal court as Judge Nichols decides the best course of action.
After a hearing last month, he told DHS that his arguments were “not detailed enough” for him to make a decision.
Prince Harry’s book, Spare
“Having considered the written arguments of the parties and hearing oral argument on the motions, the court concludes that an in camera review is necessary to determine whether the documents in dispute fall within the scope of the claimed exemptions,” a- he wrote in a prescription.
And he gaveThe Biden administration has until March 21 to submit “statements that detail, in particular, the documents it is withholding and the particular harm that would result from their public disclosure.”
At the February hearing, government lawyers argued that Harry’s memoir proved nothing.
John Bardo of the Department of Homeland Security told the court: “Just saying something in a book doesn’t make it true. »
People sometimes put things in books simply to sell more copies, he argued.
Lawyers for Heritage also presented a transcript of the February 16, 2024 GMA interview “in which the Duke of Sussex discusses a possible pursuit of U.S. citizenship.”
They said it added to their case seeking disclosure of his immigration records.
In a court filing, Heritage said: “Extensive and continuing media coverage has raised the question of whether DHS properly admitted the Duke of Sussex in light of the fact that he publicly admitted essential elements of a certain number of drug-related offenses.”