There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories haven't been told. She notes in the book how much a person changes from 14 to even just 18, and to have your parents absent for so many milestones is devastating. In the country we love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided is a memoir by Guerrero discussing the deportation of her parents when she was 14 and how this, as you can imagine, greatly impacted her life. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family. "Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the new black and Jane the virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school.
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