An influx of thousands of refugees from around the world over the past few decades is credited with injecting new energy into one city in upstate New York. But now, Utica is beset with new anxiety in the age of Trump.
The president's order restricting refugees and travel from Muslim countries has left immigrants in Utica feeling uncertain. Some worry they won’t be able to bring over family members fleeing war zones and refugee camps.
The Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees in Utica annually settles some 400 individuals.
Mayor Robert Palmieri calls them the "next evolution" for a city built generations ago by immigrants from Italy, Germany and Poland.
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