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U.S. Military Deserters in Canada 

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From the story, "No Canada: U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country." By Megan Feldman. Photos by Ian Willms.
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Kim Rivera, the first female Iraq war deserter to seek refuge in Canada, shows her newfound anti-war stance through buttons on her purse.

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Rivera and her children, Christian, 6, and Rebecca, 4, are waiting for Canada’s high courts to review the government’s denial of their asylum application.

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Rivera waits for a streetcar in Toronto.

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Lee Zaslofsky, a Brooklyn-born Vietnam deserter who runs the Toronto-based War Resisters Support Campaign, protests the deportation of American deserters.

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Ryan Johnson, a deserter from California formerly stationed at Fort Irwin, hopes to get asylum in Canada.

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Ryan Johnson, a resister from California, rallies at a War Resisters Support Campaign demonstration at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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A handful of American Iraq War deserters hold signs at a Toronto demonstration, asking that Canada grant them shelter from what they say is an illegal and immoral war.

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The documentary short Deserter, about Ryan Johnson’s decision to leave his post at Fort Irwin, California and flee to Canada, plays at the War Resisters Support Campaign office in Toronto.

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Ryan Johnson, who left his post at Fort Irwin, California and fled with his wife to Canada, speaks to a group of supporters at the screening of the documentary, Deserter, at the War Resisters Support Campaign offices in Toronto.

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Air Force deserter Dale Landry (left) and Army deserter Ryan Johnson ride the streetcar in Toronto.

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War resister Dale Landry (left), friend and supporter Helyn Fisher and war resister Ryan Johnson talk on their porch in Toronto.

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Ryan Johnson, who deserted from Fort Irwin, California and is seeking refuge in Canada, says much of his family has disowned him because of his decision.

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At their apartment in Toronto, Kim and Mario Rivera discuss their food budget for the week.

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Kim Rivera -- waiting news on her stay of deportation -- rests while her husband Mario tends to their baby, Katie, at their Toronto apartment.

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Mario Rivera checks his e-mail while waiting for news on the stay of deportation that would allow him and his wife, Kim, to stay in Canada until a federal court reviews their case.

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The Riveras and their three children share a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto.

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Kim Rivera grocery shops for her family in Toronto shortly after learning that her deportation had been at least temporarily halted by the federal court.

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Deserter Ryan Johnson (right) readies himself for the cold after a weekly meeting at the War Resisters Support Campaign headquarters in Toronto.

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Kim Rivera, the first female Iraq war deserter to seek refuge in Canada, shows her newfound anti-war stance through buttons on her purse.

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