Ironically, the best way to make sure we don’t see the likes of the Texas smuggling tragedy that led to the deaths of 18 illegal immigrants is a relaxation of law enforcement.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad the Texas authorities seem to be fiercely pursuing the culprits behind this monstrosity.

But the reason why migrant workers turn to smugglers, or coyotes as they’re known, is because they can’t get across the border in a safer, more legal way. And as more and more resources have been poured into border patrol, the coyotes have had to take even more precautions to make sure their illegal cargo is not discovered. That’s how you get someone with the brilliant idea of packing people like sardines in the back of a refrigerated truck with no air to breathe.

As long as there’s opportunity here, people will try to seize it. And I don’t want to make the United States a police state or a third-world country to stop illegal immigration. And there’s not a damn thing wrong with trying to make money for honest work, no matter what the law says.

American policy, however, is that migrant workers must risk their lives in order to improve them. One wonders if the real tragedy, from the perspective of those responsible for our disastrous and immoral border policy, isn’t that anyone survives the trek at all.