2023-06-07 02:34:54
Dhe influential conservative US think tank Heritage Foundation has asked a court in Washington to release the immigration papers of Prinz Harry required. In its lawsuit, filed in a district court on Tuesday, the think tank alleges that Harry publicly admitted to multiple “drug offenses” both in the United States and abroad — and that US law “usually” barred people from entering the United States for such offenses country prohibit.
The background to the hearing are statements by Harry in his recently published book “Reserve” (in English “Spare”) that he has had several illegal ones drugs consumed. The Heritage Foundation ordered a federal judge in the lawsuit to order the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is responsible for immigration matters, to release the prince’s immigration records.
DHS had twice previously refused to release the documents without Harry’s consent. Judge Carl Nichols has now asked the department to respond to the request by June 13.
The Heritage Foundation is particularly interested in the questionnaire Harry filled out, which everyone had to fill out before immigrating to the USA must fill out – and which contains, among other things, questions about drug use. In its lawsuit, the organization relies on the US Freedom of Information Act. The organization explained, among other things, that there was “great public and media interest” in the case.
Marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic drugs
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, who is a US citizen, relocated to the US in January 2020 after retiring from British royal duties. In his book, which was published in January under the original English title “Spare”, Harry writes that, among other things, he had marijuana, Cocaine and used psychedelic drugs.
The Heritage Foundation pointed out that in recent years, foreign celebrities such as Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona and British pop singer Amy Winehouse have been denied entry to the United States because of past drug use.
Harry himself did not appear in court at the Washington trial. He testified before a London court on Tuesday in a case against the British media group Mirror Group Newspapers over allegations of illegal information gathering. In it, Harry made serious allegations against his country’s tabloid media, which he accused, among other things, of “invading” his life.
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