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Agencies and resettlement groups urge senators to oppose rollbacks to state refugee resettlement program
Summary
HB1706 would curtail New Hampshire’s state refugee resettlement participation. Resettlement agencies, faith groups, municipal leaders and people with lived experience testified that the federal vetting process is rigorous, state oversight supports rapid economic integration, and resettlement fills workforce needs; supporters of repeal raised fiscal and governance questions.
A wide array of community groups, resettlement agencies, and people with lived experience testified in opposition to HB1706, which would reduce or end New Hampshire’s participation in the state refugee resettlement program. Speakers described the program as a federally funded, highly vetted pathway that helps refugees move to economic self‑sufficiency and fills urgent local workforce needs in healthcare, manufacturing and social services.
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