The president of the United States, Donald Trump, says he has no plans to deport Prince Harry, saying that real royalty has “enough problems” with his wife, Meghan Markle.
Trump's blow in Markle came during a Interview with The New York PostHe asked if the president planned to get the prince out of the country in the midst of continuous questions about his immigration status.
“I don't want to do that. I will leave it alone. He has enough problems with his wife. She is terrible, “he told the post.
The Heritage Foundation, the group of right -wing experts behind the 2025 project, the presidency plan that Trump has been reflecting in the first weeks of his second term, has been pressing to know more about the state of immigration and the records of the Prince since royalty admitted to use drugs in the past in his memoirs, Replacement.
The group of experts wants Harry's immigration paperwork to be published, arguing that there is a possibility that the Duke of Sussex lied in their forms about its last drug use or received a special treatment from the Joe Biden administration to enter The United States.
Archive: Prince Harry, Joe Biden and Jill Biden encourage teams, since the United States competes against the Netherlands in the basketball finals of wheelchairs during the 2017 Invictus Games at the Mattamy Athletic Center on September 30, 2017 in Toronto.
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They want to know so badly, in fact, that they sued the Department of National Security (DHS) after rejected the request of the Law of Freedom of Information of the Heritage Foundation to release the Harry Registry.
In 2023, the DHS request was rejected, but a judge this week said it is still considering the case.
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On Wednesday, the American district judge Carl Nichols focused largely on how to handle a trio of affidavits of DHS officials on why the agency was fighting against the request for records.
These statements have not been seen by the legal team of heritage, and Nichols is considering to release part or all those statements to the Heritage Foundation. The judge, who has been shown some, but not all, of Harry's immigration records, said he is also considering whether to request more government records and call an external expert as a consultant.
The prince is not part of the lawsuit.
The Duke and the Duchess of Sussex have expressed his disapproval of Trump over the years.
In 2016, before having met Harry, Markle called the then president a “Misogynist” and “divisive” During an interview with Larry Wilmore.
Years later, in 2019, before a presidential visit to the United Kingdom, Trump ruled out his comments and said: “I didn't know it was unpleasant.” A year later, he said: “I'm not a fan of her. I wish Harry's good luck, he will need it.”
When the next election arrived, when Trump faced Biden, Harry appeared in a video, urging people not only to vote but also to “reject hate speech, wrong information and Slipa to Trump.
Last year, before being chosen, Trump told Express us tableid that he I would not “protect” Harry.
Archive: Prince Harry of Great Britain, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, react as the governor of the state of Lakes Babajide Sanwo-Oolu (invisible), gives a speech in the house of the governor of the state in Lagos the May 12, 2024 while visiting Nigeria as part of the anniversary of the Invictus Games.
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“I wouldn't protect it. Betrayed the queen. That is unforgivable. He would be alone if it were for me. ”
Trump, in his interview on Friday with the New York Post, went on to declare that he thinks “Poor Harry” is “beaten” by Markle.
However, Trump took a moment to praise Harry's older brother, Prince William, whom he met privately in December 2024 at the reopening ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
“I think William is a great young man,” he said.
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