Orange Is the New Black Star My Parents Were Deported When I Was 14
On Orange is the New Black, Diane Guerrero plays inmate Maritza Ramos, whom she describes as a "tough Latina from the hood,'" but her real-life story isn't so rosy either. In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times published Friday, Guerrero writes about her parents and older brother getting deported when she was only 14. Guerrero, who also has a supporting role on Jane the Virgin, is a U.S. citizen, but her parents and brother are from Colombia. She writes that they struggled to get citizenship, but despite going through numerous ineffective lawyers and mountains of legal fees, they remained undocumented. Then, when Guerrero was 14, the worst happened, Guerrero ends her op-ed by calling on President Obama to provide deportation relief to keep families together. The President is expected to announce a new immigration plan imminently that could give temporary papers but not citizenship to millions of immigrants. Read more at the Los Angeles Times,