Elon Musk shares Riley Gaines’ school swimming immigrant romance story with tragic vaccine mandate twist

The Vice President Kamala Harris open border seemed like a simple gateway to worldwide love, however the Biden COVID vaccine mandates put up a wall.

Former NCAA swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines shared the story of her marriage with fellow former College of Kentucky swimmer Louis Barker, who’s initially from England, in a current TikTok.

Barker and Gaines had been each swimmers whereas in school. Gaines joined the College of Kentucky’s swim crew and made the All-SEC freshman Staff in 2019. She was additionally on the All-SEC Second Staff in 2019 and 2020. Barker participated within the British Olympic Trials qualifier in 2016. Then in 2018, Barker participated within the 2018 Commonwealth Video games Trials qualifier.

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The 2 dated for 2 years, between 2019 and 2021. In December 2021, Barker proposed to Gaines, which she introduced on social media. They had been married in Might 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Now, Gaines, who has spoken out in opposition to unlawful immigration and Vice President Harris for her poor dealing with of the border disaster, shared that her and her husband have been coping with immigration points themselves in recent times. Gaines says Barker, regardless of coming into the nation legally, has not been in a position to attain citizenship or perhaps a inexperienced card but, although the couple has been married for 2 years. 

“Possibly you suppose you suppose he is nicely on his option to the U.S. citizen, and you’ll be incorrect. After two and a half years of marriage, he nonetheless would not have his inexperienced card,” Gaines mentioned.

Gaines says the couple obtained a letter within the mail. The explanation Barker has not been granted citizenship is that he doesn’t have the COVID-19 vaccine. 

“Take into consideration how exhausting our authorities has made it for individuals migrating into this nation legally compared to those that break the legislation. As a result of in the event you simply stroll throughout the southern border, you are given housing, a driver’s license, cash.”

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Elon Musk reposed Gaines’ TikTok video on X with a message advocating for authorized immigration reform. Musk himself can also be a authorized immigrant from South Africa who has additionally spoken in favor of immigration reform within the U.S. Musk has additionally denied a Washington Publish report that alleges the tech billionaire started his profession working within the U.S. illegally. 

“Authorized immigration to America is ridiculously sluggish and troublesome, even for tremendous gifted individuals. Must be fastened,” Musk wrote. 

Musk moved to Canada at 18 and obtained citizenship there by way of his mom and, a couple of years later, studied on the College of Pennsylvania. 

U.S. immigration legislation requires immigrant visa candidates to acquire sure vaccinations previous to the issuance of an immigrant visa. The COVID-19 vaccine was added to that record beneath the Biden-Harris administration.

Panel physicians who conduct medical examinations of immigrant visa candidates are required to confirm that immigrant visa candidates have met the vaccination necessities, or that it’s medically inappropriate for the visa applicant to obtain a number of of the listed vaccinations. 

Former aggressive swimmer Riley Gaines speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Desert Diamond Enviornment on Aug. 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Photographs)

Nonetheless, none of this is applicable to individuals who sneak into the nation illegally. 

Gaines beforehand spoke out in opposition to unlawful immigration in a social media spat with Mark Cuban. 

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched knowledge to lawmakers in September revealing that tens of 1000’s of unlawful immigrants with intercourse offenses and murder convictions have crossed the border into the U.S. beneath the Biden-Harris administration, together with 13,099 convicted of murder and 15,811 of sexual assault, Gaines took goal at Cuban for suggesting Harris did a “good job” dealing with the border. 

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“We’d have totally different requirements for what qualifies as a ‘good job,’ however I don’t suppose the unlawful entrance of 15,000+ rapists, 13,000+ murderers, and 320,000 lacking kids suits the invoice,” Gaines on X in response to Cuban. 

Gaines’ reference to the 320,000 lacking kids was from one other report from the Division of Homeland Safety launched Aug. 21 that exposed the Biden-Harris administration had misplaced monitor of that variety of migrant kids who crossed the border with out mother and father. 

In the meantime, ICE Boston introduced on Wednesday the arrests of two unlawful immigrants who’ve been charged with forcibly raping kids in Massachusetts, in addition to a 3rd particular person who was convicted of raping a toddler in Brazil, and was hiding within the U.S. after being caught and launched on the U.S. border in 2022.

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