A tenth immigrant found packed inside a sweltering truck in San Antonio died overnight Sunday, just one day after police discovered the truck, nine bodies, and 30 other people who had been smuggled across the US border, struggling to survive in 100-degree Texas heat.
But although the immigrants were human smuggling victims in a high profile case, legal and immigration experts say that it's anyone's guess whether the survivors will be allowed to stay in the United States.
"Our biggest fear is the survivors will be sent to detention and face deportation without any guarantee that their rights will be protected," said Amy Fischer, policy director for Raices, a Texas-based organization that provides legal aid to immigrants. Raices has offered to represent survivors, but so far has had no luck in reaching them. Deportation officials, Fischer said, "have not been communicative at all."
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