Canadian-born green carder Chris Landry, 46, who has lived in New Hampshire since he was three, tells NBC Boston he isn’t so down with MAGA anymore after being stuck in his native country for nearly a week, prohibited from returning to the Granite State after CBP denied him reentry due to a 2004 conviction for marijuana possession and a 2007 one for driving with a suspended license.

“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,” said Landry, who on November 6, 2024 changed his Facebook profile pic to a meme of Kamala Harris standing in front of a red-colored tsunami. “I’ve been torn from my family. My life has been disregarded completely.”

“It’s just very uncertain for me right now,” said Landry, who’s been staying with family in New Brunswick that he had been visiting prior to his denied reentry last weekend. Landry said he was detained for more than three hours with two of his five children at a border checkpoint in Houlton, Maine after the annual trip north. “I might end up spending the rest of my life in Canada. Who knows if I’ll ever have the right to reenter the United States at this point?” Landry continued

“It’s really a living nightmare is what it is,” Landry separately told New Hampshire station WMUR, who also got a statement from Border Patrol on the case. “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 US 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,” said CBP.