Local activists hold vigil at ICE detention center in Calexico

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) - A vigil for two migrants who died while in ICE custody was held in Calexico over the weekend.

Activist groups, like the ACLU, Catholic Charities and more, held a vigil at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico.

The facility houses migrants and asylum seekers awaiting deportation decisions.

Dozens of community members and immigrant rights activists stood outside the facility Saturday while speakers led the group in prayer and shared personal stories.

One speaker, Susan Massey, shared her own family's journey as Jewish immigrants coming to America as refugees.

"It just reminds me how really intolerable it is that a nation as rich as ours has closed its door to refugees and is deporting asylum seekers," Massey expressed.

Demonstrators said they want more transparency and reforms from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.