A migrant child scooters past Venezuelan migrants Michael Castejon and daughter, Andrea Sevilla, as they wait for a ride-share at the 1st District police station in Chicago, Nov. 3, 2023. - Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS
Greg Abbott isn’t someone most Chicagoans look upon with fondness.
And for good reason.
Leave aside the nasty politics for a moment, though, and in a key respect Abbott has done Chicago and the country a favor.
The Texas governor has sowed chaos in our local politics by dispatching multiple busloads of migrants to Chicago with little notice and absurdly minimal consultation with authorities here.
His motives are less than pure, that’s for sure.
But he has effectively called the bluff of local politicians on their repeated statements of welcome to migrants.
