Grampy McBush: Most illegals aren't drug mules but Brewer's "doing a good job and is on right track"

Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday that he does not agree with his governor's controversial statement that most illegal immigrants are being used to transport drugs across the border.

Asked in an interview whether he agrees that most illegal immigrants are "drug mules," the Republican senator said: "No."

However, McCain said Gov. Jan Brewer is still doing a "good job" for her state and is on the right track when she warns about the influence of the drug cartels in the border region.

"I think that there's a large number (of illegal immigrants smuggling drugs) and I think she's right in that the drug cartels' movement has dramatically increased," McCain said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I may not agree with one sentence that she uses, but she's standing up for Arizona and I think that the people of my state deserve a better environment of security than the one they're getting from the federal government now."

McCain cited as one concern the fact that signs have gone up in parkland along the border warning visitors not to travel there because of the presence of smuggling routes.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/27/mccain-disputes-brewers-claim-illegal-immigrants-smuggling-drugs/