Mayor G.T. Bynum wants to roll out the red carpet for immigrants to Tulsa.

He created the New Tulsans Welcoming Plan, which he claims will build “a more equitable Tulsa while fostering connections between all immigrants and long-term residents.”

Bynum said this wasn’t a movement to ignore federal immigration laws or to turn Tulsa into a “sanctuary city.”

From 2010 – 2015, over 27 percent of Tulsa’s population growth can be attributed to immigrants, some legal and some not here legally.