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Salt Lake City Refugee Resettlement

At least 30 US governors have said they don't want Syrian refugees to come to their states. But conservative, red-state Utah not only welcomes refugees but over the years has resettled 60,000. Correspondent Lucky Severson reports from Salt Lake City on why Utah has a history of welcoming strangers and what religious groups are doing to help out.

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