Don’t let buses dropping off migrants go back to Texas empty. Stuff them with these very Chicago gifts

Migrants are loaded onto a bus at the Border Patrol headquarters on Hondo Pass, in El Paso, Texas. (AP file)

New arrivals to this country have an intense interest in coming to Chicago — at least that’s what the state of Texas tells us — but I am concerned the buses, and occasional planes, are returning to the Lone Star State empty.

I think it’s the years that I rode with my late father, when he took his semi-truck down the road with a full load of grain. Whenever he could, Dad would always arrange to have his truck fully loaded on the return trip. Dad was forced to focus on the return, to not dawdle but travel expeditiously and be responsible for his load.