Mollie Tibbett’s Alleged Killer, an Illegal Immigrant, Was Employed by a Prominent GOP Farmer

Editor’s note:  Is Rivera illegal or not? If he is truly “illegal” why did a REPUBLICAN family hire him to work on their farm? Why did he appear in the government’s system as “verified”? Perhaps he used a fake ID to become verified. As of now, that possibility has not been reported.

If he is here legally, why are news stories calling him “illegal”? Which is it – is he illegal or not? And why does it really matter? People born in America commit violent crime too. Why is everything politicized? Evil is evil, no matter the country of origin.

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A Mexican illegal immigrant charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts worked on a farm owned by a prominent Iowa GOP official for several years before his arrest Tuesday.

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, lived in Poweshiek County for four to seven years and was able to lead police to the farm field in Brooklyn, Iowa, where Tibbetts’s body was found, covered in corn stalks, according to the county sheriff’s office Tuesday. He worked on Yarrabee Farms, which is owned by the family of GOP official Craig Lang, who was a former 2018 Republican candidate for state secretary of agriculture, according to reports by the Des Moines Register. (RELATED: Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder Of Iowa College Student Mollie Tibbetts)

“All of us at Yarrabee Farms are shocked to hear that one of our employees was involved and is charged in this case,” said Dane Lang, a relative of Craig, in a statement Tuesday.

“This individual has worked at our farms for four years, was vetted through the government’s E-Verify system, and was an employee in good standing,” Dane said, adding that the farm has been working with investigators who interviewed several of their employees Monday.

The farm also handed over employee records and information to aid with the investigation, according to Dane’s statement.

“Yarrabee Farms follows all laws related to verifying employees are legal to work in the United States, and we regularly seek outside counsel to ensure we stay up-to-date on employment law matters,” the statement said.

President Donald Trump commented on Tibbetts’s death during a rally in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday night.

“You saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. Should’ve never happened. Illegally in our country,” Trump said, rallying for legislative changes in immigration laws.