‘Orange Is The New Black’ Cast Member Backs President Obama’s Immigration Plans

Diana Guerrero, who is a cast member of "Orange Is The New Black," shared the story of her parents and older brother being deported when she was just 14-years-old. 

The "Orange Is The New Black" star is now reportedly backing President Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the immigration system through an executive order, according to CNN. 

"It is so difficult for some people to get documented and to get their papers and become legal, and my parents tried forever. And this system didn't offer relief for them," stated the cast member of the hit Netflix show. 

Guerrero continued, "What I'm asking for is to create or find a solution for families."

In the op-ed piece published in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, the 28-year-old who plays Martiza Ramos on "Orange Is The New Black" detailed her painful experience as a teenager after realizing that her family was deported back to Colombia. 

"I came home from school to an empty house. Lights were on and dinner had been started, but my family wasn't there," wrote Guerrero, according to E! News. 

She continued, "Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over."

Diana Guerrero added, "Not a single person at any level of government took any note of me. No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own."

Guerrero, who is a U.S. citizen, reportedly explained in her piece that "fixing the system" was for the "interest of all Americans."

"Keeping families together is a core American value," wrote the actress.

She continued, "Congress needs to provide a permanent, fair legislative solution, but in the meantime families are being destroyed every day, and the president should do everything in his power to provide the broadest relief possible now. Not one more family should be separated by deportation."