Usikuuno, Bungwe la Mzinda wa Tacoma linavomereza Mtengo wa 29105, kusintha Mutu 8.10 wa Municipal Code kuti aletse kugwiritsa ntchito katundu wa municipal popanda chilolezo pokakamiza anthu osamukira kudziko lina. Membala wa At-Large Council Olgy Diaz adagwirizana ndi othandizira ena monga Wachiwiri kwa Meya ndi Membala wa District 5 Council Joe Bushnell, Membala wa District 2 Council Sarah Rumbaugh, ndi Membala wa District 4 Council Sandesh Sadalge popereka lamuloli.
"Kusamalira bwino chuma cha Mzinda ndikuonetsetsa kuti ntchito zomwe ndalama zathu zolipira msonkho zimaperekedwa moyenera, mosamala, komanso popanda kusokonezeka zidakali zofunika kwambiri kwa ife. Nyumba iliyonse, paki, ndi galimoto zomwe zili ndi Mzinda zilipo kuti zikwaniritse cholinga chapadera cha anthu ammudzi wa Tacoma," adatero Membala wa Khonsolo Diaz. "Pamapeto pake, lamuloli likunena za kusunga umphumphu wa ntchito. Ndikofunikira kuti tisiyanitse pakati pa maudindo ammudzi a Mzinda ndi ntchito za madera ena pamene tikupitiriza ntchito yathu yotumikira anthu ammudzi wa Tacoma."
Motsatira lamulo la 29105, kupatulapo zina, katundu wa Mzinda kapena wolamulidwa ndi Mzinda sungagwiritsidwe ntchito popanda chilolezo kapena chilolezo cha Mzinda wa Tacoma ndi nthumwi za boma la federal, kuphatikizapo US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ndi US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), pazifukwa zokakamiza anthu osamukira kudziko lina. Lamuloli limapanga njira yokakamiza anthu kuti Mzinda upemphe chilolezo kapena thandizo kukhothi.
"Kuyambira pomwe ndinalowa mu Bungwe la Mzinda, ndakhala ndikuika patsogolo zochita zothandiza komanso zofunikira pothandiza anthu othawa kwawo komanso othawa kwawo," adatero Sadalge, Membala wa Bungweli. "Lamuloli ndi gawo lina lenileni la Bungwe la Mzinda pothandiza anthu omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ku Tacoma. Limamanga pa khama lathu lokulitsa lamulo la Keep Washington Working Act ku ntchito zonse za Mzinda, ndipo limayankha mwachindunji anthu okhala m'mudzi mwathu omwe apempha Mzinda kuti uchitepo kanthu kuti uthandize kupeza ndi kugwiritsa ntchito bwino katundu wathu wa m'matauni."
“Tacoma ndi mzinda wolandira alendo, ndipo tikufuna kuti aliyense azimva ngati angabwere ku Tacoma ndikukhala otetezeka,” anatero Membala wa Khonsolo ku Rumbaugh. “Ndikufuna kuti malo a ku Tacoma azidziwika ndi makonsati ndi zochitika zabwino, kapena malo olowera komwe anthu aku Tacoma angalandire chithandizo chofunikira. Umboni wokwanira wochokera m'mizinda ikuluikulu mdziko lonse ukusonyeza kuti zochitika zokhudzana ndi kukakamiza anthu othawa kwawo zimasokoneza ndikusokoneza kugwiritsa ntchito katundu wa m'matauni. Ndi udindo wathu kusunga katundu wathu kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito zomwe zimakweza makhalidwe abwino a mzinda wathu ndikupindulitsa anthu ammudzi.”
“Membala aliyense wa Bungwe la Mzinda akugwira ntchito yoonetsetsa kuti palibe mwala wotsala woti uthandize anthu othawa kwawo komanso othawa kwawo,” anatero Wachiwiri kwa Meya komanso Membala wa Bungwe la District 5, Bushnell. “Tili odziperekanso kuonetsetsa kuti chilichonse chomwe tikuchita chili chotetezeka komanso chokhazikika. Njira yoganizira bwino komanso yolunjika iyi ndiyofunika chifukwa tili ndi mabanja ambiri omwe akukhala mwamantha, ndipo tili ndi udindo woonetsetsa kuti zomwe timapereka kwa anthu ammudzi zili pansi pa ulamuliro wathu kuti akhale ndi mfundo zomwe akufunikira kuti apange zisankho zawo ndi mabanja awo.”
Zambiri zikupezeka kwa anthu ammudzi pa tacoma.gov/immigrationresources.