Canadian Trump supporter with green card who was in US since age 3 denied reentry
Chris Landry, a Canadian national with a green card who has been living in New Hampshire since he was a toddler, was stopped at the Canadian border by immigration officials and denied reentry to the U.S. on Sunday.
New Hampshire's Democratic Senator
Maggie Hassan's office told
Newsweek their constituents services' team was in touch with Landry about the issue. "Helping constituents navigate federal agencies and processes is a core function of Senator Hassan's office," a spokesperson said.
Newsweek has reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and both of New Hampshire's senators for comment via email on Thursday.
Why It Matters
Landry's denied reentry comes amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. President
Donald Trump has pledged to launch the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history. Much of his campaign rested on his immigration platform,
Immigrants residing in the country illegally and legally,
with valid documentation such as green cards and visas, have been detained.
Newsweek has reported dozens of cases involving green-card holders and applicants who were swept up in the immigration raids and various arrests.
A recent CBP warning, published July 9, 2025, said that "possessing a green card is a privilege, not a right" and that legal residents arriving at a port of entry with prior criminal convictions may be detained in advance of removal proceeding.
What To Know
Landry, who is 46, has lived in New Hampshire for more than 40 years. He annually visits Canada and says he has never had a problem going back and forth, until Sunday.
"I'm a legal resident, green-card holder, I have been since 1981," the Peterborough, New Hampshire, resident told
NBC 10 Boston.
Landry, who is currently in New Brunswick, Canada, works in manufacturing and has five children, several of whom he was traveling back to the U.S. with on July 6 when he was stopped by immigration officials in Houlton, Maine.
He told local news outlet WMUR that he was held for about five hours, adding: "I felt like I was being treated like a criminal," calling the experience "really a living nightmare."
Landry has two previous marks on his background, from 2004 and 2007 regarding a marijuana possession charge and driving on a suspended license. He has no criminal record since and says he received a suspended sentence and paid his fines.
"I never thought that would threaten my status as a resident of the United States," he told NBC 10 Boston.
Landry, who legally can't vote because of his Canadian citizenship, said he was supportive of Trump and his platform, telling NBC 10 Boston: "I was definitely all for 'Make America Great Again,' and having a strong, unified country and a bright future for my five American children, but now I feel a little differently. I've been torn from my family. My life has been disregarded completely."
There were 12.8 million lawful permanent residents, or green-card holders, living in the U.S. as of January 1, 2024, according to estimates by the Office of Homeland Security Statistics.
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