Minakis was temporarily detained in Texas by U.S. border agents while travelling back to Canada. Photo: Harley Minakis/FacebookHarley Minakis says he was detained for two hours by border agents and his phone was confiscatedA Gwich’in man from the Northwest Territories is glad to be back home after he was temporarily detained by border agents while travelling through the United States last week. He said U.S. border agents separated him from his family as they were going through customs and he was taken to a different room. He said during that detention, border agents informed him he was considered an “illegal alien,” despite entering the U.S. legally with his tribal card. Minakis said agents informed him he would need his status card and blood-quantum documentation if he were to travel to the U.S. again.