Mexican police officers were arrested last week and charged in the killing of more than a dozen Guatemalan migrants on the way to the United States.
Their bodies were shot and burned near the U.S. border in a violence-riddled corridor frequently used by smugglers.
Such tragedies are not uncommon. Mexican police particularly at the state and local level have often been accused of exploiting and killing migrants. Criminal organizations routinely prey on vulnerable people who are often smuggled through violent and cartel-controlled areas.
The left often paints amnesty as a humanitarian act, but clearly, the facts paint a darker reality. Promises of mass legalization and weakened enforcement lead to these tragedies.
But pushing amnesty and permitting catch-and-release in the middle of a pandemic will lead to far greater human misery with the spread of COVID-19.
