Author: Senara Cooray
A woman by the name of Anna Lusio Johnson with her son Sam Delsin Johnson spent two dreadful nights stuck in between the borders of Canada and USA in Coutts on a Saturday just because she did not claim her citizenship as Canadian or a American. On that Saturday morning Anna Johnson along with her 13 year old son decided to visit her daughter. “We left the reserve in the morning and drove until we got to Coutts, to only find out that I had to go through a big journey.” said Anna Johnson. That morning as they have left the reserve to Coutts and from there toward the border checkpoint, Anna said she felt the need to not give in her present citizenship : “I was ready to take on the challenge and be proud of who I really was, that’s why I headed toward the checkpoint knowing that there was going to be a storm up ahead.” said Anna Johnson, the boy claimed that he thought and saw this …show more content…
When she entered the American border they denied her entry because she wasn’t Canadian nor American. Instead she claimed she was Blackfoot which the guards did not accept, this happened at both the American and Canadian borders multiple times:Cecil Smith stated, “They either had to be Canadian or American, if not we cannot allow them to pass, and that was our job and I believe I did it right.” and “I just couldn’t let them pass, as much as I wanted to let them to.” said Carol White.
Due to the citizenship situation Anna and her son had to be stuck in between the border of USA and Canada with only a few sandwiches and the car as their bed/protection, “My mother kept me company when we were kind of bored.” said Sam
A woman by the name of Anna Lusio Johnson with her son Sam Delsin Johnson spent two dreadful nights stuck in between the borders of Canada and USA in Coutts on a Saturday just because she did not claim her citizenship as Canadian or a American. On that Saturday morning Anna Johnson along with her 13 year old son decided to visit her daughter. “We left the reserve in the morning and drove until we got to Coutts, to only find out that I had to go through a big journey.” said Anna Johnson. That morning as they have left the reserve to Coutts and from there toward the border checkpoint, Anna said she felt the need to not give in her present citizenship : “I was ready to take on the challenge and be proud of who I really was, that’s why I headed toward the checkpoint knowing that there was going to be a storm up ahead.” said Anna Johnson, the boy claimed that he thought and saw this …show more content…
When she entered the American border they denied her entry because she wasn’t Canadian nor American. Instead she claimed she was Blackfoot which the guards did not accept, this happened at both the American and Canadian borders multiple times:Cecil Smith stated, “They either had to be Canadian or American, if not we cannot allow them to pass, and that was our job and I believe I did it right.” and “I just couldn’t let them pass, as much as I wanted to let them to.” said Carol White.
Due to the citizenship situation Anna and her son had to be stuck in between the border of USA and Canada with only a few sandwiches and the car as their bed/protection, “My mother kept me company when we were kind of bored.” said Sam