She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on.
One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.
So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home.