Their journey through the night was treacherous. Two were so badly frostbitten they ended up in the hospital. One was likely to lose part of her hand. Four didn’t make it.
But for the Indian migrants who survived the trek through blowing snow and freezing temperatures over the border from southern Manitoba into the United States last month — in what authorities have described as a case of human smuggling — advocates say there could still be rough terrain ahead.
And while all seven have been released from U.S. Border Patrol custody and ordered to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement