Letter: Immigration weighs on kids' minds, too

We were in Canada with my family for a wedding. Two days before our return to the U.S., my 13-year-old granddaughter started crying in the evening.

We thought, maybe she was just tired.

The next evening before going to bed, she started crying.

When asked, she said, "What if the U.S. doesn't allow us to enter the U.S. and separates us?"

She knows about what is happening at the border. Of course, we consoled her. We are all U.S. citizens. What worries me is whether she will have any long-lasting effects. How long will it last in her brain?

I know someone in Indiana who says he is afraid every time he enters America from trips outside of the country. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. What about kids who were separated? Will they ever be able to forget?

Thakar S. Basati

Palatine