John McCain blames fires on illegal’s

“Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is defending his claim that illegal immigrants are responsible for some wildfires in the state. After touring the site of a huge wildfire on Saturday, McCain said that he had “substantial evidence” that illegal immigrants were partially to blame. McCain said later that he was speaking of a different fire. A joint statement with Sen. Jon Kyl and Reps. Jeff Flake and Paul Gosar (all of Arizona) backed up McCain in a statement today: “During our tour of the damaged areas caused by the Wallow Fire on Saturday, we were briefed by senior Forest Service officials, one of whom informed us that some wildfires in Arizona (across our southern border) are regrettably caused by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants."”