“Lucy,” a shy, intelligent six-year-old, missed three days of school
because she had stomachaches. The symptoms started the day after Lucy
witnessed a loud argument while waiting for the bus with her babysitter.
A “scary man” shouted at people waiting: “Watch out, you’re all going
to be deported now!”
Lucy didn’t know what “deported” meant, but she
knew it was very bad.
People told the man to leave and shouted insults
at him that Lucy didn’t understand. The man finally left, shaking his
fist and threatening “police action.”
Lucy held her babysitter’s hand,
looked up and noticed tears in her sitter’s eyes. Lucy’s stomach started
to rumble. Sadly, cases like Lucy’s are becoming increasingly common.
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