Posted on 08/22/2018 7:56:32 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
An Iowa farming company said late Tuesday that the man charged in the death of an Iowa college student was a employee in "good standing" who passed a government background check, The Des Moines Register reported.
Yarrabee Farms said in a statement that Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who was charged with the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, worked for the family operation for four years. The family said it was unaware Rivera was an undocumented immigrant, according to The Des Moines Register.
"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," Yarrabee Farms said. "On Monday, the authorities visited our farm and talked to our employees. We have cooperated fully with their investigation."
The farm added that it regularly seeks outside counsel to ensure it remains up-to-date on employment law, and keeps records on all workers.
The statement referenced E-Verify, which is an online system run by the federal government that allows employers to view the eligibility of its foreign workers. It's not clear how Rivera passed a background check if he was in the country illegally.
Rivera, 24, was charged with murder in connection to the death of Tibbetts, 20, who had been missing for more than a month before authorities discovered her body this week.
Authorities said that Rivera led investigators to Tibbetts’s body, according to The Washington Post.
At a Tuesday rally in West Virginia, President Trump seized on the charge to underscore his push for stricter immigration laws.
"You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from Mexico, and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. Should’ve never happened," Trump said at a rally in Charleston, W.Va.
"We’ve had a huge impact but the laws are so bad," he continued. "The immigration laws are such a disgrace. We’re getting them changed, but we have to get more Republicans."
I am just saying that just like back in the days of picking cotton, the easy immediate solution has tremendous and high long-term costs.
For what it’s worth I farmed for many years with about 12 employees.
The problem is, e-Verify may come back with an OK for the SS number supplied, but cannot absolutely assure that the person standing in front of you is the legitimate owner of that SS#.
Sir, your are partially correct: “The Legal Juan would cost your hypothetical employer 30% More”! Yes and the Illegal Juan simply costs the TAXPAYER 30% more!
It is the Taxpayer who pays when Juan is sick and requires medical care! It is the Taxpayer that is cheated out of the Income Tax and MEDICARE that “Illegal Juan” does not pay! It is the State and Local Taxpayer who fund for Juan’s kids medical care and education!
All so this Big Corporate Farm can make more profit by hiring Illegals! Everyone working at that farm knew he was Illegal and said nothing!
Every Illegal Alien is cheating an American Citizen out of his fair working wage while the American Taxpayer covers the cost for Unemployment and Welfare for the American Worker!
The only winner in this story is the Corporate Farm Owner who made more profit while screwing his fellow countrymen!
Day labor is hard to find. Ag jobs used to be filled by citizens but citizens need full time work or at least very steady part time. Citizens were doing ag work, my family did ag work until they were replaced by illegals.
It will be hard to shift back to citizens, it has been many years so likely those experienced will no longer be in the work force.
That mantra that citizens won’t do dirty or hard work is completely bogus though. Just think for a moment all the nasty hard jobs you can think of that are done by someone every day. Many citizens do manual labor, dirty jobs- there is even a TV show. I personally have done nearly every job illegals do in my lifetime. I personally know people right now that are doing jobs illegals do. Illegals are not the only ag workers now, so there already are citizens working ag jobs. The way illegals get hired is after the first one is hired they recommend family and friends. Do the same with citizens, ask them who they know that will work.
The issue is not that citizens won’t do the work. The issues are citizens would require more pay, possibly more uniform work- meaning full time though day labor can be found it is hard. Seasonal and day labor is the hardest to fill because often people take those jobs because they really don’t want to work and ambitious people need a real job.
The problems can be solved, it will require a change over but will be worth it in the long run. Working illegals save money- but guess what it is illegal.
Maybe his employer got him an SSN.
No, the purpose of E-Verify was to make it look like the government was doing something.
A good idea, but even better, should be: Kate and Molly's Wall.
Kate's last words on this earth were "Help Me, Dad!" as she died in her fathers arms.
Gives me chills every time I think about that.
More citizens need to care about this enough to put an end to this illegal "immigration" self inflicted catastrophe.
I wonder how many other ILLEGAL ALIENS were put into the E-Verify system during the Obama years? I wonder what state gave him a drivers license?
This will certainly be investigated after all of the publicity this case has gotten.
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