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BumRushDaShow

(156,885 posts)
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 07:30 PM Jul 12

Pro-Trump New Hampshire dad is stuck in Canada after visit. Green card holder's lived in US since he was 3

Source: The Independent

Saturday 12 July 2025 14:31 EDT


A New Hampshire father and avid Trump supporter has been barred from re-entering the U.S. after a family vacation in Canada. Chris Landry, who has been a legal U.S. resident since 1981 when he was three-years-old, was stopped at the border in Holton, Maine, despite having a green card.

“They pulled me aside and started questioning me about my past convictions in New Hampshire,” he told NBC News, speaking from New Brunswick. “They denied me re entry and said, you know, don't come back or we will detain you.”

Landry, who was born in Canada, faced of marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license in 2004 and 2007. He was given a suspended sentence and paid a fine, and has had no criminal record since.

“I never expected that I wouldn't be able to go back home,” he told WMUR. “It was scary. I felt like I was being treated like a criminal.” “The only way for me to get back in was to see a immigration judge,” he told NBC, adding that his future is now “uncertain” and he worries he may have to spend the rest of his life in Canada.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-supporter-father-canada-border-stopped-b2787924.html

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Pro-Trump New Hampshire dad is stuck in Canada after visit. Green card holder's lived in US since he was 3 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 12 OP
I guess that he never found the time to become an American. Squaredeal Jul 12 #1
I had to pay for my step son's naturalization because he couln't afford the steep fee. Xipe Totec Jul 12 #6
it is said that every cloud has a silver lining nt msongs Jul 12 #2
And he's a white man not a brown, black or yellow one! kimbutgar Jul 12 #3
Does Canada now have to keep him and let him work there? CloudWatcher Jul 12 #4
Awww... Jean Genie Jul 12 #5
well done! creon Jul 12 #7
He had 40 years Rebl2 Jul 12 #8
wonder if canada can deporet him back?nt AllaN01Bear Jul 12 #9
My guess is Canada is as bummed about getting his stupid ass back as he is. nt. SunSeeker Jul 13 #10

Squaredeal

(666 posts)
1. I guess that he never found the time to become an American.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 07:36 PM
Jul 12

He should have known better, especially when Trump came along.

Xipe Totec

(44,351 posts)
6. I had to pay for my step son's naturalization because he couln't afford the steep fee.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jul 12

He's now no longer a green card holder but a naturalized US citizen, But Trump is even threathening naturalized US citizens with denaturalization. So what's the point?

CloudWatcher

(2,056 posts)
4. Does Canada now have to keep him and let him work there?
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 08:02 PM
Jul 12

Starting to wonder if I should put "Impeach Trump" stickers on my luggage and make a few round trips to Canada.

Jean Genie

(502 posts)
5. Awww...
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 08:05 PM
Jul 12

When bad things happen to good republicans.

Now imagine having black or brown skin.

And I am truly sorry this happened to you, Mr. Landry. But, you know, these are the times we now live in. I wish it were otherwise - for your sake and for all others who have also found themselves in this horrendous situation.

Rebl2

(16,696 posts)
8. He had 40 years
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 09:51 PM
Jul 12

to become a citizen. Wonder how many times he broke the US law and voted.

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