The traffic at San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge was on Thursday brought to a halt as dozens of undocumented mothers, students and their allies risked arrest to engage in civil disobedience.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the protesters exited their cars, carrying banners, and chanting, calling on Congress to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Meanwhile, the traffic piled up on the bridge’s northbound lanes as protesters decried the Democrats’ lack of action to pass meaningful immigration reform, stopping morning commuters for 20 minutes to symbolize “20 years of failed promises.”

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“We are escalating our actions and our undocumented families are risking arrest and possibly deportation to send the message we can no longer wait,” San Francisco Chronicle reported DACA recipient, Luis Angel Reyes Savalza, himself an undocumented immigrant as saying.

Spirits were high among the few dozen who stopped morning bridge commuters, despite potentially harrowing consequences if any were arrested.

Some protesters were issued citations on Thursday morning, but it did not appear that the civil disobedience on the bridge led to any arrests.

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The protest, organized by the Movement for Citizenship for All (Papeles Para Todos) and the Bay Area Coalition for Economic Justice and Citizenship for All,also centered on climate and racial justice issues. They demanded a fairer economy.

The early morning car blockade of traffic was timed to coincide with a possible vote in Congress on the budget reconciliation bill, demanding Democrats override the Senate parliamentarian who excluded immigration provisions from the $3.5 trillion bill.