Detroit mayor refuses to apologize after backlash for saying ‘illegal’ immigrants

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is under fire from Michigan progressive groups for calling people in the United States without legal status “illegal immigrants.”

On Wednesday, multiple advocacy organizations released a statement “denouncing” Duggan for using what they described as the “I-word,” a term one group characterized as “racist,” according to the Detroit News. 

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