Protestors against Arizona law try to meet with Attorney General

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A group from the Palm Beach County Coalition for Immigrant rights met outside a West Palm Beach office building Thursday.  In their possession is a letter signed by 90 organizations, to present to Attorney General Bill McCollum, who has an office inside the building.  The letter outlines the important role the immigrant has plated in the states growth. 

The group is upset that McCollum, in his role as Attorney General, signed a legal brief in support of Arizona's law.  McCollum, who at one point said there was no need for an Arizona-style law in Florida, now trails by double digits in his Republican primary battle for governor against businessman Rick Scott.  Scott has long favored Arizona's law.

"I wonder what happened? Something changed," said Shahid Freeman at the rally.

Mark Boykin, pastor of the Church of all Nations said, "We want a leader focused on setting forth a fair and sensible path to residency and on to citizenship."

The Arizona law would require immigrants to carry their papers at all times and police to check immigration status while enforcing other laws.  

Genia Guirand is Haitian and worries her family could be torn apart.

"If my father comes here and this law comes into effect he would have to go back to Haiti because he's undocumented," said Guirand.

The Attorney General was not in the West Palm Beach office so the group left the letter behind.  McCollum still plans to work with state representative William Snyder of Stuart to draft Florida's version of the Arizona law.  A law these protestors will continue to try and fight.

Isabel Vinent with the PBCCFIR said, "1070 is just a slap in the face to the discourse of human rights, civil rights."