campbell s has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. from jammin jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what s new from campbell s. it s amazing what soup can do. in talking about comprehensive immigration reform policy, we cannot forget the most important part, the people. there are an estimated 11 million undocumented workers in the u.s. 58% are from mexico and 23% from various other parts of latin america, and 11% are from asia, and 4% from europe and canada. the obama administration s deferred action for childhood arrivals initiative would help
calling for a comprehensive immigration reform policy for some time now. fox news did speak to a spokesperson at senator mccain s office today and they clarified, saying he wasn t talking specifically about the wallow fire in eastern arizona, but apparently, the senator had gotten some information from the u.s. forest service that some of the brushfires in the southern part of the state along the u.s.-mexico border, he says, have been caused by illegal immigrants coming into america. so unfortunately, senator mccain not available to talk to us today on camera about some of his remarks he made over the weekend, jon. jon: casey stegall from los angeles thank you. stay on it for us. some of our viewers have been sending us photos of these recent wildfires. dane sent us this photo, look at that, over those houses in sierra vista. look at how high the smoke is from the monument fire is over those homes. we do appreciate it when you send us those pictures from
fire investigators have not mentioned anything specifically about arrests or who they believe, in fact, started this fire and heather, as you know, senator mccain, for some perspective, has been pushing for a comprehensive immigration reform policy in this country for some time now. so we, of course, have called into senator mccain s office this morning and we hope to get a little more clarification in terms of what he meant or why he believed that comment. if that was the case that would be extremely explosive, and we will hear a lot more about this. casey stegall, covering this from los angeles thanks a lot. bill: mime this fire is phenomenal. the thing has just been burning for weeks now, the biggest arizona has ever seen. and so dry there and so hot on top of it. bill: so the governor, rick perry, out of texas, says the republicans need to stop apologizing for who they are and what they believe. but is it too late for rick perry? we ll have brit hume that in a moment. he s on d
reporter: they argue many undock meanted residents living in the country and california pay taxes and contribute to the local economy. and they are not factored in the numbers. others say if feds made it easier and more afford to believe be a naturalized citizen more people would go through the popper channels. the legal residents have to wait five years before they access federal aanalysis tance. both sides agree that the federal government should be doing more to pass a comp ensive immigration comprehensive immigration reform policy. jamie: casey stegall live in the l.a. bureau. thanks. eric: right now firefighters in arizona are battling some of worst wildfires in the state s history. coming up, we have details on how firefighters are taking new approaches to try and get things under control.
this country more people would go through the proper channels. legal permanent residents that have to wait at least five years before they can access federal assistance. reporter: both sides agree on one thing. they say that the federal government should be doing more to pass a comprehensive immigration reform policy instead of leaving so much of the burden on individual states like cash strapped california. gregg: casey stegall, thank you. heather: crews in arizona working around the clock to on contain some of the largest wildfires in state history. flames forcing evacuations already burning through over 200 square miles of forest and brush. the massive inferno is sending smoke well into new mexico and also into parts of southern colorado. maria is tracking it all for us.