Posted on 07/11/2025 6:01:26 AM PDT by TheDon
Chris Landry, a 46-year-old Canadian citizen and legal resident of the U.S., has lived in New Hampshire since he was 3.
A New Hampshire man is not being allowed to return home after taking a family trip to Canada.
Chris Landry is a legal U.S. resident and has lived in the Granite State since he was 3 years old. He has a partner, five children and a job in manufacturing.
He was stopped Sunday at the border in Houlton, Maine, while returning from a family vacation.
"They pulled me aside and started questioning me about my past convictions in New Hampshire," Landry told NBC10 Boston.
Three hours later, the 46-year-old was told he couldn't come home, despite having a green card and being a legal U.S. resident.
"They denied me reentry and said, 'Don't come back or we will detain you,' and the only way for me to get back in was to see an immigration judge," he told NBC10 Boston from New Brunswick.
In 2004 and 2007, Landry faced charges of marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license, but he says he's had no criminal record since then.
He was given a suspended sentence and paid his fines.
"I never thought that that would threaten my status as a resident of the United States," he said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told NBC10 Boston, "Possessing a green card is a privilege, not a right, and under our nation's laws, our government has the authority to revoke a green card if our laws are broken and abused. Lawful Permanent Residents presenting at a U.S. port of entry with previous criminal convictions may be subject to mandatory detention and/or may be asked to provide additional documentation to be set up for an immigration hearing."
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Canadian man.
It's wonderful to see our immigration laws being aggressively enforced!
This is what recovery from decades of immigration law enforcement neglect looks like.
More ICE please!
Damn media — partner means nothing
What are they hiding
Or not
Come on! Marijuana? They’re just trying to show it isn’t just Mexicans.
treating him like one of the gang-bangers and these people have fence-sitter friends that don’t like it. Doing it while they have the upper hand in public opinion. It could swing.
Good. Foreign and naturalized citizens may reside on US soil at the pleasure of the United States. Act in an illegal manner and you will be told to leave. I’m happy to see this enforced.
If he married an American citizen, had children and lived here that long, he’s a fool for not becoming a citizen.
After all the spin and emotion, I was waiting for the shoe to drop - and it did.
The article mentioned the guy had a felony marijuana conviction.
Also, if he’s lived in the USA since 3 - why hasn’t he become a citizen??
I am wholly against dual citizenships of ANY kind.
What possible benefit is this man exploiting that he stays as a “resident” and does not make any effort to become a citizen of the country he has lived in his entire cognizant existence?
Taxation?
Lemme guess, he voted too.
No sympathy here.
I know this isn’t a dual citizenship issue, this man did not have American citizenship, but this is always what comes to mind when I see things like this.
Green Card status is at the pleasure of the country that issues it.
I don’t believe they are healthy for either country.
“”I never thought that that would threaten my status as a resident of the United States,” he said.”
Then you’re stupid. That alone should be enough to bar you from our country.
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Sounds like he’s Canadian and a threat to Americans.
People driving under the influence cause more death and destruction than gang bangers shooting. It’s not minor.
Earlier (BT) he could have taken a flight to Mexico and just walk across the border and go home.
Perhaps the guy is an accountant.
Canada won’t let Americans into Canada with similar convictions.
Why do you support a double standard?
I haven’t followed US/Canadian border crossing issues since I stopped going on fishing trips some years ago. At the time, Canadians wouldn’t let US citizens with DUI convictions into the country without a lengthy appeal and approval process. Canada let him in because he was a Canadian Citizen, and the US decided to deny entry because of the drug convictions.
exactly
Some Canadiens residing in America act in restraint of trade
Canada would forbid entry into Canada because of either his DUI or his drug conviction.
https://www.temporaryresidentpermitcanada.com/crimes-that-make-you-inadmissible.phpU
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