SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies continued in San Diego on Monday, and one group of protesters marched on I-5's southbound lanes near Chicano Park.
"Our citizenship is in question. Our citizenship. Not everybody else's. Just ours,” said veteran Eric Dias. "Mexicans Ain't Going Anywhere."
"It's a way to defeat their mental psychology war against them,” said Carlos Gomez.
Around 4:45 p.m., the protest shifted. People made their way across the street and onto southbound I-5.
"We were in the emergency lane on the freeway. That's how it ended up like that. A bunch of us started going. And then slowly but surely, people started inching their way in, closing down lanes."
The move led to a lengthy gridlock. Both California Highway Patrol and Coronado Police closed the Coronado Bridge and forced part of the freeway to close.
By 5:10 p.m., they were cleared. No arrests were made and protestors say their strategy was effective.
"Sending a message isn't always going to be convenient for other people. We need to create commotion sometimes in order to get a conversation going, and if people are still comfortable and they don't have a reason to talk about it, then they won't."
This was one of several demonstrations Monday in San Diego. There was one in San Ysidro. Another in Fallbrook.
Sky10 flew over the scene — watch a replay of the live feed below:
