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Catholic Charities official visits with survivors¹ of migrant smuggling² tragedy

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Fifty-one migrants died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in Texas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio about the survivors.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

In addition to those 51 people who died in that tractor-trailer in San Antonio this week, more than a dozen survivors were rushed to nearby hospitals in the 100-degree heat. Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities San Antonio, visited a couple of the survivors.

ANTONIO FERNANDEZ: One of them was with tubes and everything. He was not responsive. So we were just able to pray for him. We saw a second person, a young lady, who actually - after we were praying for her, she actually opened her eyes. We asked her, are you from Guatemala? And she said, yes. So we asked her, do you want to pray? And she said, yes. I think that may have helped her tremendously.

MART?NEZ: Wow. So what kind of help are Catholic Charities able to provide for them at this point?

FERNANDEZ: Well, right now, just we're on standby just to be sure that, if they are released and they need a place to stay in San Antonio or a house or food or clothing, financial assistance, we will be there for them. And if we need to help their families coming from other countries, we will try our best to actually help anyone in need.

MART?NEZ: Fernandez says that he has watched thousands of people come through San Antonio on their way to other U.S. cities. They're fleeing Central America, Cuba and Venezuela. I asked if he expects more migrants to be smuggled⁴ by truck as migration⁵ surges at the southern border.

FERNANDEZ: You know, I've been nine years in San Antonio Catholic Charities, and this is my third truck. We know that migrants are coming more now. I mean, for us at Catholic Charities San Antonio, we saw a spike⁶ in March. We've seen a small decline now through these weeks in our hotels. Usually, the summer months are a little slower because of the heat, but I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know what's going to happen with Title 42. I don't know what's going to happen with immigration issues. So for us, it's - we just need to be ready, and that's what we strive every day.

MART?NEZ: For the people - if you had a chance to talk to any of the people in the previous two truck smuggling cases, what have they told you about why they would take such a dangerous chance like this?

FERNANDEZ: You know, the people that I have spoke⁷ more or less the same thing. It's just they live in absolute poverty - fear of gangs, violence, and they just need to have a safe place for them to live. I mean, they're selling everything they have to make it here. And it's the saddest thing ever because they don't want to come. They would like to be in their country, but they can't. It's just about a better life.

MART?NEZ: And what kinds of things do you say to them? What kind of conversations do you have?

FERNANDEZ: You know, they have gone through so much trauma⁸. I mean, some of these people, they may make it here in 15 days. Some of them are going to take months to get here. So when they are here, you just have to be happy for them. So mostly what I say is welcome. Welcome to America. This is your dream, and you made it happen, and you are safe now.

MART?NEZ: Antonio Fernandez is CEO of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网

5 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

6 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。