Nh Green Card Holder Denied Reentry To U.s. After Visiting Native Canada

A New Hampshire man is not being allowed to return location aft taking a family travel to Canada.

Chris Landry is simply a ineligible U.S. resident and has lived successful nan Granite State since he was 3 years old. He has a partner, 5 children and a occupation successful manufacturing.

He was stopped Sunday astatine nan separator successful Houlton, Maine, while returning from a family vacation.

“They pulled maine speech and started questioning maine astir my past convictions successful New Hampshire,” Landry told NBC10 Boston.

Three hours later, nan 46-year-old was told he couldn’t travel home, contempt having a greenish paper and being a ineligible U.S. resident.

“They denied maine reentry and said, ‘Don’t travel backmost aliases we will detain you,’ and nan only measurement for maine to get backmost successful was to spot an migration judge,” he told NBC10 Boston from New Brunswick.

In 2004 and 2007, Landry faced charges of marijuana possession and driving pinch a suspended license, but he says he’s had nary criminal grounds since then.

He was fixed a suspended condemnation and paid his fines.

“I ne'er thought that that would frighten my position arsenic a resident of nan United States,” he said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection told NBC10 Boston, “Possessing a greenish paper is simply a privilege, not a right, and nether our nation’s laws, our authorities has nan authority to revoke a greenish paper if our laws are surgery and abused. Lawful Permanent Residents presenting astatine a U.S. larboard of introduction pinch erstwhile criminal convictions whitethorn beryllium taxable to mandatory detention and/or whitethorn beryllium asked to supply further archiving to beryllium group up for an migration hearing.”

“It’s conscionable very uncertain for maine correct now,” said Landry. “I mightiness extremity up spending nan remainder of my life successful Canada. Who knows if I’ll ever person nan correct to reenter nan United States astatine this point?”

Landry, who lives successful Peterborough, New Hampshire, was pinch 3 of his children erstwhile he was stopped astatine nan border.

The children, each American citizens, will make their measurement location successful nan days ahead.

Landry says he goes to Canada astatine slightest erstwhile a twelvemonth and has ne'er had a problem until now.

As a Canadian citizen, he couldn’t ballot for president, but he supported Donald Trump.

He blames nan Trump administration’s crackdown connected immigration for his plight.

“I was decidedly each for ‘Make America Great Again,’ and having a strong, unified country, and a agleam early for my 5 American children, but now I consciousness a small differently,” he said. “I’ve been torn from my family. My life has been disregarded completely.”

He has reached retired to New Hampshire’s legislature delegation for support, hoping they’ll intervene connected his behalf.

The agency of Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan said it is successful touch pinch Landry, noting, “Helping constituents navigate national agencies and processes is simply a halfway usability of Senator Hassan’s office.”

The offices of Reps. Maggie Goodlander and Chris Pappas, some Democrats, told NBC10 Boston they were “deeply concerned.”