Three years after the federal government took his daughter from him at an immigration detention center and detained her for 50 days, Daniel Paz is still struggling to rebuild his family and return normalcy to his daughter Angie’s life. He’s bought her dolls and Star Wars memorabilia – her favorite movie. He's enrolled her in public schools. He’s given her clothes and books and played her Michael Jackson tunes in the hope of seeing her smile and maybe dance a little. But on too many days, Angie remains trapped in the darkness of her memories, in the trauma of a time when she lived away from her parents and brother for nearly three months, wondering whether she’d ever see them again in a country full of strangers. For Paz, who made the decision to bring his family to the United States, his daughter’s grief has become his own. While constantly reassuring Angie that men in uniform will not return to wrest her away from them, he also hustles to keep food on the table and waits to see whether his family’s request to remain in the United States will be approved by an immigration judge. Some days, he suffers from blackouts and kidney stones, prompted by stress. As the United States continues to grapple with the aftermath of the Trump administration’s family separation policy and what, if anything, it owes the families who were ripped apart – hundreds of whom have yet to be reunited – the Paz family’s suffering offers insight into the true costs of the immigration deterrent policy. To read more, click the link in our bio and subscribe to USA TODAY.