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b'Britain\'s Prince Harry may have received \\u201cpreferential treatment\\u201d when granted his U.S. visa, according to Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation.\\xa0\\n\\nHarry, the Duke of Sussex, publicly admitted to drug use in his recent memoir \\u201cSpare,\\u201d but it\'s not known whether the royal disclosed his drug use on his visa application, an admission that can slow the application process or result in its rejection.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Heritage Foundation Oversight Project filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security asking for a copy of Harry\\u2019s application. The request was denied, so Heritage filed a lawsuit, arguing that it is in the public\'s interest to know whether Harry lied or not on his visa application. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)\\n\\u201cEveryone should be treated equally before the law,\\u201d says Gardiner, who formerly served as a foreign policy researcher for then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and currently serves as the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.\\xa0\\n\\n\\u201cU.S. immigration law should be applied forcefully and fairly, without any kind of favor given to individuals applying,\\u201d Gardiner said.\\xa0\\n\\nIf the royal \\u201clied on his application, that is a very serious offense," he said. "That would be perjury.\\u201d\\n\\nGardiner joins \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to explain the significance of the legal fight and the possible reasons why DHS has been unwilling to release Harry\\u2019s visa application.\\xa0\\n\\nEnjoy the show!\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.'