Vermont’s Republican governor is asking the State Department to at least triple the number of refugees expected to arrive in the current fiscal year, the Associated Press reported.
Gov. Phil Scott said in a letter to the State Department that Vermont is scheduled to receive 100 refugees this year and he would like to see at least three times that number next year, the story noted.
“Refugees are an integral part of our efforts to grow Vermont’s economy, which include a workforce development strategy to attract new workers and meet the demographic challenges faced by a declining population,” Scott wrote.
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