PHOENIX – Another march in support of comprehensive immigration reform will hit the streets of Phoenix on April 19.

As many as 2,000 people are expected to take part in the march from the state Capitol to Cesar Chavez Park and back.

United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez said the march will send a message that people want a change in immigration policies.

"So, it’s very important for us to be here, to be a part of this, to ensure that not only the state of Phoenix (Arizona), but that President Barack Obama realizes that the people of Arizona are in support of bringing about immigration reform."

"It’s advantageous for the state of Arizona and most importantly it’s advantageous to recognize the very important and critical human rights issue of treating people, whether they’re immigrants or whether they’ve already been born and raised in this country as equals."

Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski said the Maricopa County sheriff won’t be the center of the protest. "I don’t think Joe Arpaio is going to be anywhere near our focus on this march. it’s really about the life of Ceasar Chavez. It’s about bringing back dignity to individuals and basically about immigration reform to send out a message to our president that we need to keep immigration reform on the front line."

Nowakowski said, however, that he wants Arpaio to change his ways. He said his district includes several county islands and he gets complaints "all the time" about the response times of deputies. Nowakowski said dealing with "real" criminals, instead of illegal immigrants, should be Arpaio’s top priority.

"Once we capture all the bad guys, then I believe we should be helping out our ICE (federal immigration) agents," Nowakowski said. "Until then, we should be focusing on those criminals that are in our neighborhoods and in our county islands."

The April 19 march will start at 2 p.m. and is the last in a series of marches that began on Tuesday.

Rodriguez will meet with the president after the march to talk about immigration reform.