MCCAIN TAKING HEAT FOR STATING ILLEGALS CAUSED THE ARIZONA WILDFIRE.

Arizona Senator John McCain is taking flak for publicly stating the cause of the massive Arizona wildfires was illegal immigrants crossing over the border. However, his comments have not gone unnoticed by U.S. Forestry officials and Latino rights groups.

“We are concerned about, particularly, areas down on the border where there is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. They have set fires because they signal others. They have set fires to keep warm. And they have set fires in order to divert law enforcement agents and agencies from them, so the answer to that part of the problem is to get a secure border.” - Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

The only major problem with John McCain’s blame is that he offers no evidence backing up his comments. The Senator either released information he wasn’t suppose to release, knows something that investigators don’t, or he is lying.

According to ABC News,

A U.S. Forest Service official said today there is no evidence that illegal immigrants started some of the wildfires in Arizona, as Sen. John McCain had claimed.

Tom Berglund, spokesman for the federal group managing the Wallow fire that McCain toured Saturday, said the cause of the fire has been determined as “human,” specifically an “escaped campfire,” meaning the campfire sparked beyond the confines of the rocks containing it.

And then there are the Latino rights groups that want to comment on McCain’s statement.

“It’s easier to fan the flames of intolerance, especially in Arizona,” said Randy Parraz, a civil rights advocate who ran unsuccessfully against McCain as a Democratic candidate in 2010.

Parraz called McCain’s remarks “careless and reckless” but not entirely surprising given the political climate in Arizona. Quote Via: CNN.