We need comprehensive immigration reform so that we're not creating this cycle of poverty and depression and everything that comes with separating… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Immigrants are working hard to give our families a better life. Isn't that what the American Dream is? — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
If we value children and family, there's a great need for change, and we should try immigration reform - create a path… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Once my family was taken, I became fully aware that my community matters less to some people. That we are treated differently… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
My parents came here from Colombia during a time of great instability there. Escaping a dire economic situation at home, they moved… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I think people want immigration reform. I think people want to see a path for citizenship. I don't think we as a… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I would have had a much different story to tell if I had been imprisoned after being separated from my family, without… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
When there are deportations, you better believe there are families involved - there are parents being separated from their children. It doesn't… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Even kids who haven't had firsthand experience with the immigration system, I want them to know how families are affected and what… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
We were like any other family with the same troubles and some of the same happy moments. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
We should be a nation that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and ensures that everyone gets a fair day in court. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I so desperately wanted to fit in. There was a trajectory, and obviously, our society tells us that you go to high school, you… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Once I started advancing in my career, I stopped wanting to hide from my reality. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I think despite what we've seen on TV, people like seeing women and knowing about women's stories and their struggles and their truth. I… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
People like seeing people being human and real, and I think that's been lacking on TV. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
I feel like you can't really be truthful as an artist and empathize with the human experience, unless you know your truth and you're… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
