* This story kinda puts Gov. Rauner in a bit of a bind. If he dumps the investment, he can’t claim that his investments are outside of his control. If he doesn’t dump the investment, he gets criticized for profiting off of a colossal federal mess…

Gov. Bruce Rauner this year reported turning a profit from a health care group that services U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers, including facilities that hold immigrant families with children.

In his most recent statement of economic interests, the multi-millionaire Republican governor disclosed earnings from a private equity fund that owns Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit health care provider that has millions of dollars in government contracts with jails and prisons across the country, including immigrant detention centers.

The governor says he relinquished investment decisions to a third party and has no direct ties to Correct Care Solutions, a group whose work extends to places like Karnes County Residential Center in Texas, one of just four immigrant family detention centers in the country contracted for profit. […]

“He should not be in any way profiting off of this,” said Donald Cohen, executive director of In the Public Interest, a national watchdog group that monitors privatization and advocates for responsible government contracting. “It’s morally reprehensible.”

“Does JB really want to go down this road?,” asked one Rauner operative today. Pritzker, of course, has even more investments than Rauner does.

By the way, In the Public Interest says it’s a project of Partnership for Working Families. Illinois affiliates of that group are under the banner of Grassroots Collaborative and include the Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana.

*** UPDATE *** Uh-oh…