Chris Salcedo sounded a warning that ought to wake up every patriotic American: the policies coming out of this administration are not just misguided, they are lethal. On his Newsmax platform Salcedo laid into the Biden regime’s amateurish handling of asylum and border enforcement, asking whether President Trump should simply order a clean restart of asylum cases because the country cannot survive more incompetence. Americans who value rule of law and national security know instinctively that reckless border policies invite tragedy and chaos.
The carnage Salcedo referenced is not hypothetical. We watched with horror as yet another smuggling horror story unfolded when scores of migrants were found dead in an abandoned trailer outside San Antonio, a preventable atrocity driven by cartel networks that exploit lax enforcement. Prosecutors later secured life sentences for those responsible, a reminder that the criminals who make fortunes off illegal migration must face the full weight of justice. These tragedies are the predictable result of policies that treat borders like suggestions rather than sovereign lines.
Beyond headline-making smuggling cases, the desert and river crossings tell the same story: migrants die from exposure, drowning and exhaustion because smugglers and cartels push them into deadly routes while U.S. policy fails to deter the flow. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has documented deaths after migrants were found exhausted and in need of emergency care, underscoring that the human toll is real and rising. Families back home and hardworking American taxpayers deserve better than a government that allows these needless deaths through catastrophic mismanagement.
The international picture is no kinder: global migration deaths surged, and aid cuts and policy missteps have shut down lifesaving programs that once helped vulnerable people avoid the worst risks. When Washington turns away from effective enforcement and coordination, the result is more suffering, more bodies, and emboldened traffickers. Conservatives are right to call this not only a security failure but a moral failure of leadership that prioritizes ideology over people’s lives.
Salcedo’s blunt remedy — a blanket reset of asylum cases and a wholesale reassertion of sovereign authority — sounds drastic because it is necessary. When a government’s policies are the proximate cause of death and lawlessness, starting from a clean slate to restore order, verify identities, and deny loopholes to traffickers is the responsible course. Prominent conservatives on Newsmax have echoed calls for accountability and decisive action; Americans tired of hollow promises want a government that secures the border and enforces the law.
If we are to honor the memory of those who died and protect our communities, the next step must be plain: end catch-and-release, punish smugglers to the fullest, and rebuild an asylum system that works fairly and quickly for legitimate claims while stopping the invasion of economic migrants. The life sentences handed down to traffickers should be the rule, not the exception, and the federal government must stop enabling the cartels with porous lines and loopholes. America is a nation of laws and decency — we must act like it before more lives are lost.
