A very real conundrum we all face is how we deal with this issue on both micro and macro levels....and those levels in between.
Like you, I would never allow an individual to die in the desert. On the other hand, I'd like to see the border sealed from Matamoras to San Diego, with just the International Ports of Entry left open.
In between, I have a friend living on a smuggling trail who lives in fear due to the hundreds of illegals parading through her front and back yard at all hours of the night.
I'm not going to aid and abet but I will not let a fellow human being die when I can prevent it. I do call the Border Patrol when I come across one .
IMHO, this is the right way to handle our problem.
Out of curiousity...do you live here with us? Or are you on a different stretch of the border?
I live in New Mexico and our farms are often a highway for illegals.