CONCORD, Calif. - On Dia de los Muertos – or the Day of the Dead – dozens of people gathered at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord to honor 25 people who have died in ICE detention this year.

Speakers read the names of each person aloud, while others held signs listing their names, birthplaces, and places of death.

The vigil was hosted by grassroots activist group Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa and advocacy organization Detention Watch Network as part of the national "Communities Not Cages" Day of Action.

What they're saying:

"We’re here to say that undocumented immigrants are not criminals, they are contributors to society, they do the hard work, they pay taxes actually and our country can hardly run without them," said Gwynne Gilson of Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa.

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