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FOIA News: Judge gives US government one week to handle request for Prince Harry’s visa records

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Judge gives US government one week to handle request for Prince Harry’s visa records

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN, June 6. 2023

A federal judge has given the Department of Homeland Security until next Tuesday to decide how it will handle a conservative think tank’s request for Prince Harry’s US immigration records.

The Heritage Foundation has asked the US government via the Freedom of Information Act to see his visa application, citing his admission of past recreational drug use in his memoir. The group is questioning whether immigration officials properly granted Prince Harry’s application, since admission of past drug use can be grounds to reject a visa application.

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