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Resident urges Orting consider non‑sanctuary status amid state enforcement concerns
Summary
A resident urged the city to consider becoming a non‑sanctuary city, citing state-level legal actions and worries that local officers could face employment consequences for following the law.
Mike Rochon, a resident of Orting, used the public-comment period at the March 12 council meeting to urge the city to consider whether it should adopt a non‑sanctuary position.
Rochon referenced recent legal action by the state attorney general against the Adams County sheriff’s office and said that prompted concern about whether local officers who attempt to “follow the law” could face job consequences. “Are we doing the right thing by law?” Rochon asked the council during his three-minute comment.
Rochon said he had seen a California community consider non‑sanctuary status and suggested Orting might consider doing the same. He framed his remarks as motivated by legal compliance rather than partisan politics and asked the council to take the concern under advisement. He finished his allotted time without an exchange with council members, as the council’s public‑comment rules do not allow back-and-forth during the period.
