Oct. 6, 2003, 5:06PM By LISE OLSEN Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Forty would-be immigrants who survived the Victoria smuggling tragedy in May have been granted permission to stay and work in the United States for up to a year, federal officials said. Immigration officials in Houston issued employment permits Saturday to those who survived being locked in an abandoned tractor trailer in which 19 others died. The permits allow them to attempt to support themselves as prosecutors prepare for a June 2004 trial against nine people accused of operating a smuggling ring tied to the deaths. All of the survivors...