Prince Harry secures US visa boost as Joe Biden's lawyers make major intervention
Prince Harry has nothing to fear if Joe Biden remains as the US President, his lawyers have indicated.
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Prince Harry has nothing to worry about if Joe Biden remains as US President, as his lawyers have indicated that his place in the country is safe despite an ongoing court case about his US visa.
The Duke of Sussex, who moved to the US alongside his wife in 2020, is facing a court scrutiny about his US residency.
Conservative thinktank the Heritage Foundation has questioned the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to grant Harry a US visa after he admitted to taking illegal drugs in his memoir, Spare.
It is suing the US government in attempt to force the department to release Harry’s visa records to determine whether he had lined in his official paperwork. This is because a history of drug use would normally disqualify an applicant from being granted residence.
However, Biden administration lawyers have backed a statement from a US ambassador suggesting the President would not look to deport Harry, according to Newsweek.
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Jane Hartley, America's ambassador to the UK, was asked by Sky News presenter, Kay Burley, whether deportation was a realistic prospect for the royal. She said: "Well, it's not going to happen in the Biden administration."
The Heritage Foundation argued the "extraordinary" remarks amounted to confirmation that "regardless of future circumstances, they will decline to deport the Duke of Sussex—even in the most extreme of cases."
However, the Department for Homeland Security has defended Hartley, saying her remark "suggests no government impropriety".
This comes as former US president, Donald Trump hinted at the possibility he could even deport the Prince if elected president again. In an interview with GB News, he said: "We'll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they'll have to take appropriate action."
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Meanwhile, Prince Harry is reportedly "horribly stressed" about the potential jeopardy facing his US visa, a Royal Family expert has claimed.
This action follows admissions of past drug use in his 2023 memoir 'Spare', which was published three years after his US visa approval. A judge has now decreed the review of Harry's visa documents will occur behind closed doors.
Royal commentator and writer Tom Quinn has suggested that Prince Harry might be under significant strain because of the ongoing proceedings in court.
He told The Mirror: "He could even be asked to leave the country if what he said on his immigration forms fails to match his claims in Spare. According to the couple's friends, Harry is horribly stressed but as ever he has hired the best lawyers money can buy."
