Immigrant and Voting Rights Activists Shut Down NYC-NJ Bridge in #SomosVisible Campaign

*Not everyone agreed with the traffic-stop tactic. Are actions like these productive? VL

By Yessenia Funes, Colorlines (1.5 minute read)

At around 8 a.m. EST [Thursday, October 26], 10 immigrant and voting rights activists shut down the upper level of the George Washington Bridge which connects New York City and New Jersey for 45 minutes, causing major delays during rush hour. Officers with the Port Authority NY/NJ arrested the nonviolent protestors. The New York Post reported that all four lanes were reopened by 8:50 a.m.

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The action was part of a #WeAreVisible and #SomosVisible campaign that the Laundry Workers Center helped organize. They are fighting for voting rights for immigrant communities, who have been a major target this presidential election. In the Asian-American community, 60 percent of new eligible voters since 2012 are immigrants who naturalized, according to the Pew Research Center. Twenty-six percent of new Latinx voters are eligible through naturalization. READ MORE