Prince Harry’s American Dream at Risk as Trump Admin Digs Up 1,000+ Files For His Visa Case
Fresh trouble for Prince Harry as Donald Trump’s administration has now dug up more than a thousand documents tied to his US visa case. The revelation, confirmed in fresh court filings, has reignited speculation about Harry’s residency status in America and even the possibility of deportation if the details don’t go his way.
According to records, the US Department of State has identified 1,007 documents linked to the Duke of Sussex. Among them are 217 files from the Office of the Secretary of State, 517 from the Bureau of Consular Affairs, 271 from the Office of the Legal Advisor, and two from the Deputy Secretary’s office. A Washington judge will now determine how much of that material, if any, will be released to the public, as reported by GB News.
The case stems from a lawsuit by the conservative Heritage Foundation, which has long questioned whether Harry was transparent in his visa application, given his past drug admissions. In his memoir Spare, the Prince acknowledged using cocaine and marijuana in his younger years — a detail that, in theory, could complicate US visa approval. Heritage lawyer Samuel Dewey argued the sheer scale of the files suggests close monitoring of Harry by officials. “I think we’re going to see documents from Harry talking about the case, but other material may be withheld,” he told The Sun. “Then it will be up to politicians whether that decision is overruled.”
The surfacing of the documents has again raised questions about Trump’s stance on Harry’s place in the US. Earlier this year, Trump appeared dismissive of the idea of deporting him, telling the New York Post, “I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
However, Trump’s comments last month have many questioning if he has changed his mind on the same. While hosting UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at his Turnberry golf resort, the former President went out of his way to praise the royal family — but not without slipping in what many believe was a thinly veiled jab at Harry and Meghan Markle. “Being with Charles, Camilla, and everybody, I’ve got to know a lot of the family members. They are great people,” he said, before adding pointedly, “In that sense, I think the U.K. is very lucky; you could have people who weren’t great people. I don’t know if I can say that, but you could have people that weren’t.”
Though he didn’t mention the Sussexes by name, royal watchers argued Trump was alluding to the Sussexes, especially given his past criticisms of the couple when they stepped back from royal duties in 2020. At the time, he accused them of slighting the late Queen Elizabeth. “I think there was great disrespect to a person I got to know very well and like, the Queen. I thought she was treated very disrespectfully by them [Harry and Markle]… I imagine they broke her heart.”
For now, the State Department has refused to comment on the matter, citing confidentiality rules around visa records. But with more than a thousand documents waiting to be sifted through, the legal and political stakes for Harry seem to be higher than ever.