Topic: George Washington Bridge

A movement is growing to allow "newcomers"—a new term for undocumented immigrants—to vote in local elections, with San Francisco leading the effort. In New York, activists from the Laundry Workers Center were arrested after chaining themselves together on the George Washington Bridge to demand voting rights and work visas. The "Somos Visibles" campaign seeks to integrate non-citizens into the electoral process before the 2016 presidential election.