Will Prince Harry be deported from Trump’s America? | Arwa Mahdawi

A rightwing thinktank has been targeting the royal ever since he confessed to taking drugs - and is demanding his immigration forms be released

While he may not be quite as popular as he was, Prince Harry still has a lot of fans in the US. Unfortunately, Donald Trump is not one of them: the president has never had anything nice to say about the Duke of Sussex and once claimed that the Biden administration was too gracious" to the British immigrant. Which might not be a big deal were it not for the fact that some Trumpers have long been champing at the bit to get Harry deported.

The Heritage Foundation, a rightwing thinktank famous for masterminding Project 2025, a roadmap for Trump's second term, has been obsessed with Harry's immigration status ever since he released his memoir Spare. This isn't because they thought it was a crime against literature (certainly debatable) but because Harry talked about using illegal drugs. And anyone who has ever tried to get a US visa knows that admitting to taking illegal drugs is a really great way to ensure you never get into the country. So the question is: did Prince Harry lie on his immigration forms or was he granted special treatment? The Heritage Foundation has been engaged in a long legal battle to try to get Harry's visa application made public in order to answer that question.

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