PHOTOS | Joshua Key's life as an Iraq war resister
When Joshua Key was growing up in Guthrie Oklahoma, he never imagined he'd be living in Canada - let alone fighting to stay here.
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Joshua Key's decision to become an Iraq war resister was black and white: leave the military, or be sent back to the front lines of a war he didn't agree with.
Since he fled to Canada in 2005, Key has been embroiled in a new fight... to stay in this country and keep his family together.
From growing up in Guthrie, Oklahoma to crossing the border at Niagara falls, it's been a long journey: