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Much love and respect for Diane Guerrero and all our immigrant brothers&sisters who have been separated from their families due to the broken and unjust immigration system in the U.S.
On “Orange is the New Black,” Diane Guerrero’s character Maritza is a tough Latina who is separated from her young daughter while she does time. It’s a pretty moving storyline on its own, but Guerrero’s real life is just as captivating, if not more.
When she was 14 years old, she came home to an empty house. Dinner had been started, but there was no one home to finish it. Neighbors told her that immigration officers had taken her parents and older brother away.
Hear her tell the story in her emotional New Day interview.