{"id":265381,"date":"2025-07-14T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265381\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:57:17","slug":"feels-like-death-canadian-american-separated-from-family-denied-re-entry-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265381\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Feels like death\u2019: Canadian-American separated from family, denied re-entry at border"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than four decades, Canadian-born Christopher Landry has lived in the United States and holds a green card.<\/p>\n

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The 46-year-old moved to America as a toddler, and now has a wife, five children, a job, and a home in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

If you ask him where his allegiances lie, he describes it as split between the two countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Can-American, I would say. I\u2019m deeply rooted in my Canadian pride, and I also have a deep love for the United States as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He visits family in New Brunswick annually, and this summer was no different. But when he tried to cross the border with two of his daughters in Houlton, Maine, last week to re-enter the U.S., he was stopped by border agents.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong story short, after three hours of interrogation \u2026 I was told to turn around and seek a pathway to have my case reviewed by an immigration judge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Landry says the agents had questioned him about prior convictions from 2004 and 2007, which were related to cannabis possession and driving with a suspended licence.<\/p>\n

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He says he was told if he tries to go back to the U.S. again, he will be detained while waiting for the case to be heard \u2014 which could take months or even years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s really no easy pathway to an immigration judge outside of the country. And the quickest pathway right now is through detainment. And that\u2019s a scary thought in itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m looking for a legal pathway to try to get this exonerated and be able to go back to the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

His daughters have since been able to re-enter the U.S, but he remains in Grand-Barachois, N.B., and is staying with his grandmother for now. He\u2019s also concerned about getting back to his job, and earning income for them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt feels like death. It\u2019s hard. I miss them a lot,\u201d he said about his wife and children. \u201cCan\u2019t even think about it. I just got to stay focused on what I got to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landry says he\u2019s made many trips since 2007 and he wasn\u2019t aware this could be an issue.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, he\u2019s been fielding calls from lawyers and his senator to try to find a way out of this mess.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a third-generation green card holder. We\u2019ve always lived as green card holders in peace and alongside with all our American neighbours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd we never felt threatened as far as our status was concerned. \u201d<\/p>\n

His grandmother, Clara, who also holds a green card said she was surprised this happened to her grandson.<\/p>\n

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