On February 8, Prince Harry got a reprieve from any fear of deportation, however remote,

when President Donald Trump told the New York Post that he would “leave him alone.”

Still, the Heritage Foundation is moving forward in its quest to uncover Harry’s immigration records,

and on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security cleared one roadblock in its way.

In a hearing earlier this month, Judge Carl Nichols noted that he had not personally reviewed the records when he previously ruled in Harry’s favor, and ordered the government to submit a series of documents with proposed redactions for him to consider.

In a February 20 court filing, Assistant US Attorney John Bardo said that DHS had identified three immigration documents that could be made public, following redactions such as information related to medical files or anything that could reasonably be considered an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. DHS has decided that a fourth document must be kept private because the agency “does not believe it is possible to remove any of the existing redactions without releasing information that the Court has determined [DHS] can withhold.” (VF has contacted the prince’s representatives for comment.)

Nichols ordered DHS to submit the proposed redactions by March 6. Earlier this month, the Heritage Foundation’s Nile Gardiner told Vanity Fair that he is seeking the public release of Harry’s documents to make a broader point about the US immigration system. “I think that US immigration law has to be applied equally and fairly to anyone who applies,” he said. “It doesn’t matter whether you are a prince. If Harry has nothing to hide, he should support the release of the records.”

After the February hearing, an immigration expert familiar with the case said that the release of Harry’s records would violate the US government’s long-standing policy to protect individuals’ privacy. “The duke is facing an extraordinary level of scrutiny over his immigration status—far beyond what almost anybody else would ever experience,” the source told VF. “In fact, from an outside vantage point, this is anything but favoritism—the duke has been unfairly singled out by the Heritage Foundation.”