Prince Harry has been urged to self-deport from the US because he “hates America” by the same think-tank that has been pushing for his immigration documents to be made public. The Duke of Sussex has been embroiled in a so-called “visa row” after conservative Washington DC think tank, the Heritage Foundation, requested his visa documents be made public following his claims about past drug use in his memoir, Spare.
Harry’s reference to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms prompted the organisation to question why he was allowed into the US in 2020. On Tuesday, heavily redacted court filings were released to the public but shed no fresh light on the circumstances under which the duke entered the US.
US Department of Homeland Security officials responded to a request from U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols by saying the records were being “withheld in full” and that all records are deemed “categorically exempt from disclosure.”
But now the think tank’s lawyer, Samuel Dewey, claimed that the group will push for a second lawsuit and suggested that if the duke “dislikes” President Donald Trump, he should just “go home”.
Mr Dewey claimed that in one of the hearings last April, there was a “mismatch” between the DHS and State Department files.
He told the Mail: “If he’d say I used drugs or was in on a diplomatic visa, that would be in the DHS files.
“Then you wouldn’t have this situation where the judge says I don’t have the full story. That’s what we read from these documents.”
He also slammed the duke for criticising Dr Trump, with his latest jibe believed to be during his speech at the Invictus Games in Canada earlier this year, when the duke condemned “weak moral character in the world”.
The lawyer said: “He’s in a country he clearly hates.
“He’s clearly furious at the American voters and attacking them for the result of the 2024 election. Harry should just go home”.
The Duke of Sussex has been contacted for comment.
It comes after a September 2024 ruling from Carl Nichols that the public did not have a strong interest in the disclosure of Harry’s immigration records, but the Heritage Foundation wanted the judgment to be changed.
Despite previously refusing the FOI request, lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security in February agreed to release redacted versions of the forms.
In his controversial memoir, Harry said cocaine “didn’t do anything for me”, adding: “Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.”
Mr Trump said in a GB News interview with Nigel Farage in March last year that Harry should not receive preferential treatment.
Asked if the duke should have “special privileges” if he was found to have lied on his application, Mr Trump had said: “No. We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”
