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Everyday Americans can help refugees settle in through new private sponsorship program

With refugee resettlement organizations stretched thin, the U.S. is trying a different approach. A private sponsorship program called Welcome Corps will let groups of regular people sponsor refugees.

NPR’s Joel Rose reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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