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A Vt. invitation for Syrian refugees
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Mayor Christopher Louras of Rutland, Vt., has unveiled a plan to resettle 100 Syrians who fled the Islamic State and are now living in Jordanian camps. If federal approval is granted, the arrivals would give a jolt of diversity to the city of 16,500, which has no mosques or other Syrian immigrants. Most residents appear to support the effort. B1.