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Worried about our children. we came here, we want to live in peace. it's better than living in the war situation we were in. >> reporter: they are the first of about 25 syrian and iraqi families expected to arrive in rutland, vermont, by september. about 100 refugees in all. rutland's mayor invited them to set until his city around the same time then candidate donald trump vowed, if elected, he'd stop the flow of refugees into the u.s. and deport the ones already here. >> this is just plain the right thing to do from a compassionate and humanitarian perspective. >> reporter: but that's not the...

>> it will be half around the current level. here is a syrianç refugee fami. >> one week, that's how long this syrian family has been in the united states. theyzv arrived just two days before donald trump was inaugurated. he was a french teacher, her husband anç accountant. they fled from turkey with their children to escape the violence. after two years of background checks they finally made it to vermont. >> we were worried about ourselves, worried about our children. we came here. we want to live in peace.ym it's better than living in the war situation we were in. >> they are the first...

About ourselves, our children. we want to live in peace. it's better than the war situation we were in. >> reporter: they are the first of 25 iraqi families expected to arrive in rutland, vts have the. 100 foougs in all, rutland's mayor invited them to settle there vermont, after donald trump said he's stop the flow of refugees. >> it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: but that's not the reasonable reason the mayer is welcoming the refugees to his city he's hoping they will revitalize it. the city is suffering population loss making it hard for big companies to fill jobs. the mayor is hopin...

Exclusion, or to the deemphasis of the european union. anytime i've been in a war situation, the brits have always been the second best. i don't mean that, but they've been the most vital contributor to our efforts over the french and the germans and some of the other allies. so i'm all for it. i think it's very uncontroversial. i think that when she says she's going to oppose him where necessary it will be on issues like torture. that is something that i think she will not abide. >> harris: we share a unique history. the break away from the imperialism that we once had so many years ago with ...

Checks, they finally made it to vermont. >> translator: we were worried about ourselves. worried about our children. we came here, we want to live in peace. it's better than living in the war situation we were in. >> reporter: they are the first of about 25 syrian and iraqi families expected to arrive in rutland, vermont, by september. about 100 refugees in all. rutland's mayor invited them to settle in his city around the same time then candidate donald trump vowed, if elected, he'd stop the flow of refugees into the u.s. and deport the ones already here. >> this is just plain the right thing...