But you know who REALLY deserves praise? The drug gangs on the US-Mexico border, who take these people into the desert, steal all their stuff, and kill them. Not only are they stimulating the local economy by putting those "hoarded" goods back on the market, but they're reducing the overall burden of migrants on the local trafficking routes, ensuring that those who do get to the border do so in better shape.
They're the real unsung humanitarian heroes here.