Edelkind, who is a small business owner in Suffolk County, said her 10-year-old continues to be unsettled by the incident. But the mother is speaking up to show her son that the family is strong.

"That night, we felt small and scared and I'm doing this for my son, so he knows we are together, and if we're together, we're strong," she said.

According to News 12, the family is pressing charges against the couple.

"I don't want people to be acting up against immigrants anymore because unless you are of Native American descent, we are all immigrants," Edelkind said, News 12 reports. "There is no reason that you can treat somebody without dignity or respect based on how they look or how they sound."

Liz-Edelkind

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