Haitians die in desperate search of life

Another tragedy at sea for Haitians, and yet another evidence of our negligence. "More than 900 [Haitian] migrants have been caught and sent home." No hearing to determine whether these people are legitimate economic asylum seakers (which they undoubtedly were), which violates international norms. This boat capsized off the coast of the resort island of the Turks and Caicos. Which means some ritzy hotels lost out on roomkeepers...while these people lost their lives.

And a question, with the national discussion on "illegal" immigration: what can ever make a person "illegal"? Who's committing the crime here: the person who seeks their supposedly inalienable right to life though it requires passing artifical human-drawn boundaries? Or the people and countries who deny that right?