Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat.A Bexar County Sheriff Deputy, left, talks to a handcuffed woman during a law enforcement sting, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in San Antonio.
A total of 26 migrants were found at the residence that Salazar described as a “shack” with holes in the floor and no water. Of those, 11 were taken to a hospital with heat-related and minor injuries, Salazar said. No specific information was released about the conditions of the migrants who were hospitalized, but Salazar said, “We think everybody is out of the woods, as far as losing their life.”unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead ofThe ACLU is making plans to fight Trump’s promises of immigrant raids and mass deportationsTexas Gov.
Salazar said did not know when the migrants crossed the border but believed they were driven to the area from Laredo, about 160 miles away.