U.S. Tax Expert Caught in Surreal Green Card Trap in Denmark
- Academic faces charges after briefing parliament on taxes
- Case shows unintended consequences of tighter migration rules
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Brooke Harrington, an American tax expert with a PhD from Harvard University, was about to make Copenhagen her home when she found out she was facing criminal charges.
Her offense was giving talks to the Danish parliament and chamber of commerce. It turns out that was illegal, violating work restrictions for non-European nationals, much to the surprise of both the parliament and Harrington’s employer, the Copenhagen Business School. What’s more, Harrington thought she was just living up to her employer’s requirement to share her research with the public.