{"id":2345735,"date":"2024-09-25T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/something-serious-afoot-us-judges-suspicious-prince-harry-visa-ruling-triggers-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:27:31","slug":"something-serious-afoot-us-judges-suspicious-prince-harry-visa-ruling-triggers-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/something-serious-afoot-us-judges-suspicious-prince-harry-visa-ruling-triggers-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Something Serious Afoot\u2019: US Judge&#8217;s \u2018Suspicious&#8217; Prince Harry Visa Ruling Triggers Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsomething-serious-afoot-us-judges-suspicious-prince-harry-visa-ruling-triggers-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2345735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Heritage Foundation, a conservative group, is pursuing legal action to uncover whether Prince Harry received preferential\u200c treatment during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-under-fire-for-allowing-iranian-foreign-minister-to-enter-us\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Criticized for Permitting Iranian FM&#039;s US Entry\">visa approval process<\/a> to\u200b live in the\u2062 United States. This comes after \u2064a judge ruled that \u200dHarry&#8217;s visa\u2062 application \u2063details should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-afternoon-update-titanic-tourist-sub-goes-missing-blinken-blinks-in-china-nashville-shooting-memo-latest\/\" title=\"Monday Afternoon Update: Tourist Sub Lost, Blinken&#039;s China Visit, Nashville Shooting Memo Update\">remain private due<\/a>\u200b to privacy rights. The Foundation considers appealing this decision, claiming the\u2063 redacted information raises \u200csuspicions of unfair advantages granted to Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Howell, the executive \u2064director of the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Oversight Project, stated that the significant redactions in\u2062 the judge&#8217;s ruling indicate serious \u2062issues. The Foundation argues that\u200b because Harry has publicly disclosed personal information, he should \u2062not maintain privacy over his \u2063visa application. They have initiated a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland \u200dSecurity to examine the \u200bdetails of his visa, particularly concerning past drug use mentioned in his memoir, &#8220;Spare,&#8221; which could affect his eligibility for legal residency.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit seeks transparency to determine\u2063 if Harry&#8217;s royal status influenced his \u200dimmigration \u200dprocess, with Howell\u200d emphasizing the need for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-confirms-father-is-not-a-us-citizen-as-he-reveals-immigration-policy\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy confirms dad isn&#039;t US citizen, unveils immigration policy.\">fair immigration system<\/a>. The situation remains contentious, with public \u200binterest in what details\u2063 lie beneath the redactions and how they relate to Harry and his wife, Meghan\u2063 Markle&#8217;s, public personas and \u2062their numerous media deals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The conservative Heritage Foundation isn&rsquo;t giving up on its battle to learn whether the U.K.&rsquo;s Prince Harry got preferential treatment when being approved for a visa to live in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The group is considering an appeal of a judge&rsquo;s ruling Monday that the Duke of Sussex, who has made millions publishing a memoir about the most intimate details of his life, can keep his visa application under wraps because of his right to &ldquo;privacy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Prince Harry scandal just got a lot more suspicious,&rdquo; Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Oversight Project, said in a statement published to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON GROWING PRINCE HARRY SCANDAL AND INCREASED PROSPECTS FOR DEPORTATION <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaxx7FLBEK\">https:\/\/t.co\/aaxx7FLBEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKhwPQHPez\">pic.twitter.com\/oKhwPQHPez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightPR\/status\/1838612361625637088?\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Howell cited parts of U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols&rsquo; ruling that redacted crucial details of Harry&rsquo;s visa application as grounds to suspect the prince got preferential treatment from the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Nichols was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcd.uscourts.gov\/content\/district-judge-carl-j-nichols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed<\/a> in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>His ruling has sparked a backlash from Heritage that shows the public battle isn&rsquo;t disappearing any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While our case is far from over as we explore appeal, I&rsquo;d say that these very curious redactions point to something serious afoot,&rdquo; Howell&rsquo;s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Harry and his wife, the former actress Meghan Markle, moved to the U.S. in 2020 after stepping back from being active members of Britain&rsquo;s royal family &mdash; and amid a rancorous relationship with that royal family that apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cold-reunion-prince-harry-prince-william-kept-distance-funeral-royal-rift-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn&rsquo;t gotten any better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&rsquo;t clear what kind of visa Harry obtained from the U.S. government, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/09\/24\/prince-harry-heritage-foundation-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>. His wife is an American citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-harrys-legal-status-us-may-jeopardy-federal-court-battle-begins-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Foundation sued<\/a> the Department of Homeland Security in 2023 to make public details of Harry&rsquo;s visa application.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.254744\/gov.uscourts.dcd.254744.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the lawsuit<\/a>, the group contended that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-harry-deported-barred-applying-us-citizenship-think-tank-calls-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosures about drug<\/a> use Harry made in his bestselling memoir &ldquo;Spare&rdquo; could have made him ineligible for legal residency in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>It also contended Harry has waived any rights to &ldquo;privacy&rdquo; by his own very public actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be sure, even public figures have privacy interests,&rdquo; the lawsuit stated. &ldquo;This is particularly so as regards the aspects of their life that are not implicated by their public status and which they take steps to separate from their public life and keep confidential.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Duke of Sussex, however, has made the affirmative choice to put almost every aspect of his life on display &mdash; including those aspects traditionally kept private by public figures. In so doing, he has publicized not only his own most personal and private moments, but also those of HM the King, HRH The Prince and Princess of Wales, and the late HM the Queen. Moreover, these revelations have been made <em>explicitly<\/em> for massive commercial gain.&rdquo; (Italics in the original.)<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is an attempt &ldquo;to force the Biden administration to publish his application to determine whether Harry lied or was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-crouere-americas-persecuted-political-prisoners\/\" title=\"Jeff Crouere: America\u2019s Persecuted Politic Prisoners\">granted preferential treatment<\/a> because of his royal status,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/prince-harry-visa-lawsuit-heritage-foundation-1958563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek magazine&rsquo;s<\/a> chief royal correspondent Jack Royston wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Howell said it was a simple matter of fairness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans deserve an immigration system with both secure borders and also fairly applied rules for high-profile immigrants like Harry,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It certainly appears that Harry was given special treatment and now we know it&rsquo;s for something so serious that it involves extensive redactions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In one curious passage cited by the Oversight Project, Nichols&rsquo; ruling stated:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In particular, the summary judgment record reflects that the Duke has never disclosed publicly (among other things) the following facts,&rdquo; with the &ldquo;facts&rdquo; blacked out.<\/p>\n<p>The next legible sentence stated: &ldquo;That is the &lsquo;type of information that a person would ordinarily not wish to make known about himself&rsquo; and therefore the government has demonstrated that the Duke retains a privacy interest in these records.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is so bad that the United States government and Prince Harry don&rsquo;t want you to see under these redactions? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uq18A4bR8Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/uq18A4bR8Y<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XOCMIolhhZ\">pic.twitter.com\/XOCMIolhhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightPR\/status\/1838637881931501741?\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Howell&rsquo;s statement ended with a vow that the truth will come out &mdash; and included a snide reference to Harry&rsquo;s wife and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meghan-duchess-sussex-laughed-hollywood-listers-interest-fading-fast-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial couple&rsquo;s<\/a> notorious attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/netflix-viewing-numbers-released-expose-harry-meghans-humiliating-defeat-streaming-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monetize their own celebrity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans will know the full story soon enough. Perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Markle will tell us what&rsquo;s beneath the redactions on their next Netflix special,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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They are contemplating an appeal against a judge&#8217;s recent decision allowing the Duke of Sussex, who has profited from his memoir, to keep his visa application confidential due to privacy rights. Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Oversight Project, expressed skepticism about the situation in a statement on social media. Howell pointed out that redacted details in the judge&#8217;s ruling raise suspicions about potential preferential treatment from the U.S. government. The foundation had previously sued the Department of Homeland Security for information regarding Harry&#8217;s visa application, arguing that admissions of drug use in his memoir could have affected his eligibility for residency and that he forfeited privacy rights through his public disclosures. Howell emphasized fairness in immigration processes and suggested that there may be serious reasons behind the extensive redactions in Harry\u2019s case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Prince-Harry-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4265,36382,33095,41695,41694],"class_list":["post-2345735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-backlash","tag-immigration-policy","tag-prince-harry","tag-us-judge","tag-visa-ruling"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Prince-Harry-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}