Charges have been dropped against an Ann Arbor man arrested for trespassing at Sen. John McCain's Tucson, Ariz., office after it closed Monday, The Detroit News reported.
Mohammad Abdollahi and three others will be released in a few hours, Flavia de la Fuenta, a spokeswoman for five student activist groups lobbying for reform told The News.
The protesters were arrested after they refused to leave McCain's office after it closed Monday.
Abdollahi arrived in the United States at the age of 3 with his parents but remains an undocumented resident.
Meanwhile, about 100 people were rallying at the Capitol this afternoon to support a Michigan bill that would let police request proof of citizenship from people they stop and question on another offense, The Associated Press reported.
Republican state Rep. Kim Meltzer of Macomb's Clinton Township began drafting the measure after Arizona passed a new law last month that lets local police question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.
Opponents of the Michigan measure handed out information packets at Tuesday's rally saying anti-immigrant legislation kills jobs.
Many in the audience held the opposite view. Retired nurse Cynthia Fortner of Davison participated in the rally and says she worries that illegal immigrants are taking Michigan jobs.
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