Being there Quote by Diane Guerrero

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

In my own personal experience, I've had different family members who have been held in immigration detention because they've had some sort of challenge…

— Opal Tometi

My parents were migrants and I experienced first hand the challenges they had to overcome. If they hadn't decided to seek a better life…

— Kalidou Koulibaly

When there are deportations, you better believe there are families involved - there are parents being separated from their children. It doesn't reflect our…

— Diane Guerrero

My parents did not come to the U.S. with much; they had a lot of hardship.

— Nathan Chen

I started a family and I didn't ever want to be away from them. I'm sure it hurt my career, but I didn't care.

— Jim Breuer

My parents were supportive. But they were scared. We were undocumented. We came to the U.S. on a tourist visa and overstayed. They applied…

— Carlo Alban

It's different when you talk about immigration in the abstract... It's very different when you sit in front of a family, and [undocumented] children…

— Mike Coffman

I had a lot of ups and downs. Being an immigrant in this country is incredibly difficult.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

My parents and I entered the U.S. legally, but when it was time for our visa extension, we were turned down. Returning to China…

— Leana S. Wen

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

— Ai Weiwei

I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us as a…

— Conor Oberst