Refugees Settling Into Home in Upstate New York: 'We Need Them as Much as They Need Us'.

A new federal program called Welcome Corps is working with grassroots organizations to resettle refugees in small cities like Oneonta, New York. This program aims to disperse refugee resettlement efforts and potentially change the character of these communities. However, this comes at a time when immigration has become controversial in the region, with concerns about the influx of migrants overwhelming social services. Despite this, local officials in Oneonta, both Republicans and Democrats, welcome the refugees and believe a slow approach to resettlement will benefit the workforce without straining resources. [Extracted from the article]