Eimear Rabbitt

And they've given interviews basically saying that the issue seems to be that when he first went to the United States in 2009, he was on a US waiver, sorry, a visa waiver program, which allows you to stay for 90 days.

He obviously overstayed that.

But then he went on to marry his American wife and was in the process of obtaining a green card.

And his lawyer was actually saying that

because he's been held in detention, he wasn't able to attend his interview where he would have gotten a green card.

And they're also claiming that... Is that his final interview?

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

And the lawyer is also claiming that the process by which they deal with people who overstay visa programs is different.

It's meant to be like you write to them and you say, you know, giving the notice to leave the country.

And they're trying to say that this is basically, they're trying to allege this was basically a bit heavy handed how he was dealt with.

It is, yeah.

It is.

It is.

Yeah.

And like, yeah, so it's an obstruction charge.

And then also, yeah, the sentence plight.

No, it is at the lower end.

And I suppose like it was a district court defense.

Like the ironic thing was if he had appeared in courts,