The next time you read or hear news about Chicago’s “migrant crisis,” remember this: A failure of leadership, especially at the federal level, is to blame.
Over the last two decades, Congress has repeatedly failed to reform our nation’s antiquated immigration policies. That leaves state and local governments to come up with their own patchwork policies — which, in turn, allows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to take the draconian step of busing thousands of migrants to Chicago and other cities in an effort to score political points with the anti-immigration crowd.
