McCain Still Thinks Illegals Started AZ Wildfires

Politico reports:

Under attack from civil rights groups, Sen. John McCain on Monday stood by his charge that illegal immigrants started some of the wildfires burning in southern Arizona, as his office clarified he was not referring over the weekend to the largest fire raging in the state but to other, smaller ones.

“There is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally,” the Arizona Republican said at a press conference in Springerville, Ariz., on Saturday. “The answer to that part of the problem is to get a secure border.”