NEW YORK - A group of 10 immigrants' rights protesters were arrested Wednesday after stopping traffic on the George Washington Bridge during the busy morning rush.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the demonstrators blocked the eastbound lanes by chaining themselves together on the upper level of the bridge shortly after 8 a.m.

The lanes were closed for about 15 minutes until New Jersey police stepped in and took the protesters into custody.



No one was injured.

The protest was organized by the Laundry Workers Center, a non-profit that specializes in improving the living and working condition of low wage workers in the city and in New Jersey.

Organizers say the protest was a call to allow immigrants the right to vote and "take part in the decisions in our communities."

The group has another protest planned in Union Square at 6 p.m.