Refugee vetting process

Our small city of Pittsfield, MA, has committed to welcoming refugee families for resettlement.  Like everywhere across our nation (and Canada, based on comments I have received on my Facebook page, Angels Unaware, dedicated to raising funds for helping refugees resettle here), people have questions about the safety of letting people from "terrorist" countries enter the US.

Children in Istanbul (2011)

Pittsfield's local paper, the Berkshire Eagle, published an article yesterday explaining in full the vetting process that each refugee goes through before being accepted into the US.  It takes up to two years to complete the process, a process more rigorous than anyone else entering the country has to go through.  I hope you'll read this article so that your fears can be laid to rest.  We have more to fear from our President than we do from refugees.

How will refugees settling in Pittsfield be vetted?