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.
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)