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    • Catherine E. Shoichet
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      Catherine Shoichet covers immigration and demographics for CNN Digital.

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    Immigration and demographics

    FOR USE IN RELATED STORY ONLY -- Tony Short and Hazem Amiry became close friends in Afghanistan. After Kabul fell nearly seven years later, a promise Short made brought them even closer together.

    A friendship forged in wartime changed their lives -- and gave them hope

    This is the story, in their own words, of two men that America's longest war brought together — two men who refused to give up even when many things they believed in were falling apart.
    A Ukrainian family arrives at a shelter at the Christian church Calvary San Diego for Ukrainians arriving after crossing into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Chula Vista, Calif. As U.S. refugee resettlement agencies and nonprofits nationwide gear up to help Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion and war that has raged for nearly six weeks, members of faith communities have been leading the charge to welcome the displaced. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

    100 people from one California church opened their homes to Ukrainians in need

    Phil Metzger flew home to California from Ukraine soon after the war broke out, devastated by what he saw.
    Migrants expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

    What is Title 42? How it changed things at the border, and why it's sparking debate

    The Biden administration's plans to lift Title 42 are raising concerns in border communities and sparking fierce debate in Washington.
    FILE -- Ukrainian refugees wait near the border in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 2, 2022. As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, more than 2,000 Ukrainians have made their way to the Mexican side of the border in the last 10 days in the hope of gaining entry into the United States. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)

    In pictures: See what life is like for Ukrainians waiting at the US-Mexico border

    A Mexican border city thousands of miles from Ukraine has become a stopping point for many seeking refuge from the war.
    A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer directs migrants seeking asylum into vans before transferring them to temporary shelters in Yuma, Arizona, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022.

    We're expecting a big increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border. But this time is different

    More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow.
    Ukrainians wait before being allowed to cross the San Ysidro Port of Entry into the United States to seek asylum on March 22, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. authorities have recently been allowing Ukrainian refugees to enter the U.S. at the Southern border in Tijuana with permission to remain in the U.S. on humanitarian parole for one year.