Rauner redo: Crime linked to illegal immigration, not immigrants themselves

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Rauner redo: Crime linked to illegal immigration, not immigrants themselves
Gov. Bruce Rauner talks to workers at Midco International in the Northwest Side’s Sauganash neighborhood on Wednesday. Photo by Tina Sfondeles.

ByTina Sfondeles

With Democrats pouncing on comments he made about one of the nation’s hottest hot-button issues, Gov. Bruce Rauner sought to clear the air on Wednesday — arguing that while he believes illegal immigration contributes to crime in Chicago, he is not calling the immigrants themselves criminals.

One day after his remarks at a Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board ignited a partisan firestorm, the governor complained he was the victim of “false political spin.”

But Rauner on Wednesday used some seemingly circular logic to back away from the controversial comments, essentially repeating that he sees a link between crime and illegal immigration during a Northwest Side campaign stop.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-redo-crime-illegal-immigration-immigrants-sun-times-editorial-board/

[rangerrebew]

And what is illegal immigration composed of?  I would think "illegal immigrants."  So what's his point?