Prince Harry’s admission of drug use could threaten his visa to reside in the United States, a country where he moved in early 2020 with his wife Meghan Markle after scandalous break with the british royal family.
The Duke of Sussex -38 years old- revealed in his shocking memoirs”Spare“ and in successive interviews that in his adolescence he had used cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms. She said the marijuana and psychedelics “really helped” with the “trauma” for her, while the cocaine was more of a “social thing.”
In an interview with therapist Gabor Maté, an outspoken supporter of decriminalizing drugs, Harry said: “The cocaine didn’t do anything for me, it was more of a social thing and it gave me a secure sense of belonging, I think it probably also made me feel differently than I did, which was kind of the point.”
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In the same talk with Maté, who allegedly used the Amazonian ayahuasca plant to treat patients suffering from mental illness, the son of King Carlos III also spoke about his “positive” experience with this psychedelic drug, acknowledging that “It brought me a feeling of relaxation, release, comfort, a lightness that I managed to hold on to for a period of time.“.
“I started doing it recreationally and then I realized how good it was doing me, I would say that it is one of the fundamental parts of my life that changed me and It helped me deal with the traumas and pains of the past,” he said.
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These revelations opened a campaign in the US by a group of conservative experts demanding the publication of Harry’s visa application, to see if he admitted his drug use in the document before emigrating to California. They said, however, that government officials who adamantly refuse to release any details citing the duke’s “privacy”.
The heritage foundation He told the British press that Harry’s visa application must be published so that the American taxpayer can find out if he disclosed his past drug use. US immigration law imposes severe penalties for lying to immigration officials, including deportation and a bar from future citizenship applications.
Mike Howell, Director of the Foundation Oversight Projectsaid: “This request is in the public interest in light of the Possible revocation of Prince Harry’s visa for use of illicit substances and more questions about the prince’s drug use and whether he was properly vetted before entering the United States.”
The admission of drug use would have rejected the application to enter the country. Given this, the Heritage Foundation said that if immigration officials knew, Prince Harry’s case raises questions about whether he received “special treatment” because he is a prince and his wife is a television actress, which they insist would be “illegal”. .
It is believed that Harry may be working in the US on a fast-track visa granted to people with “extraordinary abilities“, known as the O-1 visa, also granted to Canadian singer Justin Bieber and Australian actor Hugh Jackman. It lasts for three years. Others speculate that he has a spousal visa, sponsored by his American wife.
However, anyone seeking temporary or permanent residence in the US must answer a series of questions about their drug and criminal history when applying.
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“If he was sincere in his answers, he should have been rejected”said the teacher Alberto Benítez, director of the George Washington University Immigration Clinic. And he argued that if Harry had concealed his drug use, he would have been “perjuring an official United States government document.”
The expert believes that honesty would have been in the best interest of the Duke of Sussex, noting that he may have received discretion from immigration officials due to his royal status: “If he wasn’t Prince Harry, if he was ‘Fred Jones’ and he had this type of record, you would have a lot more scrutiny and you could certainly see your green card denied.”
He federal exfiscal Neama Rahmani explained this week that “admission of drug use is generally grounds of inadmissibility” for anyone. “That means Prince Harry’s visa should have been denied or revoked because he admitted to using cocaine, mushrooms and other drugs.” “There is no exception for royalty,” he remarked.
The Heritage Foundation assembled a dossier of evidence, including Harry’s own admissions in his memoirs and television interviews about the use of cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms, and sent it to the Department of Homeland Security, Customs/Border Protection and the U.S. Citizenship Immigration to reinforce your freedom of information request.
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But a State Department spokesman said nonetheless that it is publishing details about how Harry entered his country: “Visa records are confidential under Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), therefore we cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases.”
“We cannot speculate on whether or not someone may be eligible for a visa,” the spokesperson said in January. “Every time a person applies for a US visa, a consular officer reviews the facts of the case and determines if the applicant is eligible for that visa under US law. All visa applications are adjudicated on a case-by-case basis.”
Howell insists it is in the “public interest” to know how Harry’s case was handled and appealed the decision, they demanded to see any email, text, WhatsApp or other correspondence related to the prince’s visa to ensure public confidence in how the matter was handled.
“As a result, this widespread media interest in Prince Harry’s drug abuse inevitably raises potential questions regarding his application for residency in the United States,” it said. “Public trust in the government would certainly suffer if they did not properly investigate such a high-profile case.”
“Besides, if Prince Harry were granted preferential treatment, that would also undermine public confidence in the application of equal justice before the law,” he warned.
Harry, a prince at war with the British monarchy
The youngest son of Carlos III, is a man on the warpath with the monarchy he dreams of, however, with reconciliation with his family. But the publication of his memoir, following other criticisms of the British royal family in media interviews, steadily blows away their hopes of returning to the fold.
In recent years, Harry has accused his father Carlos III of being a liar, and of “betraying” the royal family for failing to protect him and his wife Meghan Markle, the American whom he married in May 2018. She admitted to being despised by the royal family and said that her son was discriminated against because of his skin color..
The prince and the duchess -about whom 60% of the British have a negative opinion- also denounced a war between the different press services of different members of the monarchy, which according to them do not hesitate to spread false information against some to protect to others.
For a long time, British public opinion had forgiven this rebellious red-haired prince born on September 15, 1984., two years after his brother, destined to become king one day. Harry was then the third in the order of succession to the throne. He is now fifth, behind his brother’s children.
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In 1997, the image of the 12-year-old prince walking with his head down after his mother’s coffin went around the world. Difficult years followed: at 17 he was smoking marijuana, drinking and partying. In 2004, he got into a fight with a photographer outside a nightclub.. The following year she was involved in a scandal for dressing up as a Nazi at a party.
After graduating from the prestigious Eton College, apparently with a little help, the 6-foot-6 rugby and polo fan she went on sabbatical to Australia and Africa, caring for orphans in Lesotho, where she created an NGO in memory of her mother.
In 2005 he entered the prestigious Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, and his military career spanned 10 years, marked by two missions in Afghanistan, in 2007-2008 for 10 weeks, and then as a helicopter pilot from September 2012 to January 2013. He resigned in 2015. Meanwhile, he created an international competition for wounded soldiers, the Invictus Games.
A hopelessly broken relationship
Harry, his father and brother’s relationship broke down after the dukes moved to California in 2020 and began launching a series of allegations denied by the royal family.. “They have shown no desire for reconciliation (…) I would like to get my father back. I would like my brother back”Harry said.
In the US, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex created “Archewell”, a production company and a philanthropic foundation that advocates “compassion”. In addition, they charged several million dollars for a Netflix documentary series and are said to have three books in the pipeline after “Spare.”
They live in a luxurious house in the town of Montecito, where they have Gwyneth Paltrow, Rob Lowe, George Lucas and Oprah Winfrey as neighbors. Though he misses his “strange family gatherings” and his country, Harry says he has no intention of ever working for the British royal family again.
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