Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- Days before Arizona 's controversial law targeting illegal immigration takes effect , demonstrators are finalizing their plans to descend upon the state capital to show their support for or opposition to the measure . The protests will include busloads of labor union members from Los Angeles who oppose Senate Bill 1070 because they believe it promotes racial profiling , . They plan to dare law enforcement in Phoenix , Arizona , to put SB 1070 to the test , according to Maria Elena Durazo , one of the organizers of the rally . `` We will not be carrying 'papers , ' `` said Durazo , of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor , AFL-CIO . `` We will let them know we are coming , and we will tell them : Arrest us for being brown or black , arrest us for being suspicious . '' The protesters include immigrant students , religious leaders , day laborers and members of several unions including the United Food and Commercial Workers Union , the Teamsters and the Utility Workers of America Union . But not all Latinos oppose Arizona 's law , which takes effect Thursday . Poll : One in four Americans angry over illegal immigration . Jesse Hernandez is a member of the Arizona Republican Latino Association , a group that supports SB 1070 and opposes the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit challenging it . Hernandez said Arizona 's law does nothing more than federal law already allows . He believes Durazo and her `` left-wing '' supporters are simply misinformed . `` They throw out this verbiage , racist , discrimination , Nazis -- they 're just trying to drum up fear among the public , '' Hernandez said . `` We live in a society that does n't read anymore , that is spoon-fed by TV . That 's why I 'm challenging them to pick up the law and read it and not believe the rhetoric that is coming out from the left . '' iReport : Tell us what you think . Section 2 of SB 1070 states that law enforcement can not stop a person for the sole purpose of determining immigration status . An officer can inquire about immigration status only if a person is stopped or detained on suspicion of another crime , and if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is in the U.S. illegally . Many , like Hernandez , believe that section guards against racial profiling . Read what others think about immigration reform . But immigrant rights activist Angelica Salas dismisses that , citing the aggressive and controversial immigration enforcement by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio . `` We 're telling you about what we know , we 've seen it over and over again , '' said Salas , who represents the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles . `` Do n't tell us what 's true and what 's not when we know what we have seen and the consequence of racial profiling in Maricopa County for years , '' she said . `` And what Sheriff Joe is doing is now sanctioned by the state of Arizona . '' Arpaio -- who calls himself `` America 's toughest sheriff '' -- has ignited controversy for his sweeps of illegal immigrants using a federal program called 287 ( g ) that allows local law enforcement to be cross-trained by the Department of Homeland Security and work in immigration enforcement . Salas will be heading to Phoenix along with Durazo and the other busloads of protesters this week . There have been three court hearings to consider challenges to the Arizona law , including one from the Department of Justice . To date , U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has yet to rule on the law 's fate . Read more about the court challenges . Durazo said that even if there is an injunction , they will still go . She says the fight will continue until the law is repealed .
Arizona 's controversial immigration enforcement law takes effect Thursday . The measure will require police to check the legal status of anyone they stop, and it also requires officers to question people about their citizenship or immigration status. Those include a group of union members , students and religious leaders from Los Angeles . There are at least three court challenges to the law .