Posted on 08/22/2018 1:20:45 PM PDT by Kaslin
The lawyer for Cristihian Bahena Rivera, the Mexican man accused of killing 20-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, argues he is in the country legally for work. From the Des Moines Register:
The government is incorrectly promoting the idea that Rivera is not in Iowa legally, attorney Allen Richards of Tama said in a court document asking for a gag order in the case.
"Sad and sorry Trump has weighed in on this matter in national media which will poison the entire possible pool of jury members," Richards wrote, referencing a statement from the president citing Tibbetts' death as an example why "immigration laws are such a disgrace."
Rivera has lived in Iowa for four to seven years, working at Yarrabee Farms, a Brooklyn-area farm owned by Eric Lang, the brother of Craig Lang, a prominent Republican.
Craig Lang has verified that Rivera is in Iowa legally, according to Richards’ motion.
According to another report from Fox News, Rivera was able to pass through the E-Verify system by allegedly using a stolen identity:
The Mexican national accused of murdering college student Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa last month lived in the United States illegally for several years -- but was reportedly still able to pass a government system designed to weed out illegal immigrants from obtaining American jobs by using a stolen ID.
Rivera's employer, Yarrabee Farms, confirmed Tuesday that Rivera worked at the farm for four years and said Rivera passed the federal E-Verify check, which is intended to maintain a database of I-9 forms and tax records of employees across the country.
A law enforcement official told the Washington Post that Rivera used a stolen ID to thwart the E-Verify check conducted by Yarrabee Farms – which experts told Fox News is one way to show that the system is not foolproof.
On Tuesday, local law enforcement authorities declared Rivera is an illegal alien and revealed he has been living in the country for up to seven years unlawfully.
Charges were filed in Poweshiek County District court today. Investigators can
confirm Mr. Rivera is an "illegal alien" for 4-7 years.— KWWL (@KWWL) August 21, 2018
Rivera was arraigned in court for the first time Wednesday afternoon and listened to instructions from the judge through an interpreter.
Exactly!!!!!!
Remember: Steinle’s murderer walked.
In some cases, employers have facilitated the use of stolen IDs for illegals.
>>”Sad and sorry Trump has weighed in on this matter in national media which will poison the entire possible pool of jury members,” Richards wrote, referencing a statement from the president citing Tibbetts’ death as an example why “immigration laws are such a disgrace.”
Lawyer defense tactic dating back to when Nixon proclaimed Manson ‘guilty’
His lawyer is a lawyer after all and if his lips are moving he is lying!
He conveniently can't remember any details of how he grabbed her and raped her and killed her and threw her body in a cornfield.
I really don't care if he is in this country legally to work or not, he did the unthinkable and he deserves to pay for what he did to her.
If the lawyer is lying, then he should receive the same punishment as his client.
Really? THE man committed cold, blooded murder on an innocent college AMERICAN girl and they want to parse about his illegality? I am telling you that we are getting to the place where VIGILANTES will takeover if the FED GOV’T does not stand up for our LAWS!!!!
Company retracted and said this guy was NOT E-verified. In fact, the company doesn’t seem to use e-verify as the company is not registered to use the e-verify system.
E Verify would be effective if the IRS notified employers of problems with social security matches. That was the IRS would know that one person or the other was using stolen ID
Cool. Then release him... in Brooklyn Iowa. Give the public a few hours notice to be sure to have a welcoming committee.
I don’t know how they’re determining he’s 24!
On his say so?
Is he carrying a valid Mexican birth certificate in the name Cristihian Bahena Rivera or is that a creation?
Several vague “facts” surround this horrid case.
Several of the so-called DACA “kids” and recent “children” delayed at the border were and are much older than they stated. Lies about age is standard procedure in those countries. Kids I went to school with were actually 2 years older than the rest of us and I graduated from High School almost 55 years ago, so this is nothing new!
“Lawyer For Man Charged With Mollie Tibbetts’ Murder Argues He’s in the Country Legally”
Oh well that settles it...everything is ok now.
Invited in by Obama and the Democrats and some Never Trumper Republican.
“Remember: Steinle’s murderer walked.”
Natch..that was California. I don’t think the Hawkeye state will be so forgiving.
You left out Democrat voter!
You left out Democrat voter!
He used a legal ID, it just wasn’t his.
I always wonder how these illegals manage to come across legal identities so readily, it never seems to occur in my life.
That maybe so. BUT he murdered an innocent girl for no reason. It is also irrelevant that she was a flaming liberal. too bad Iowa doesn’t have the death penalty.
If he took her while she was jogging, how did she snapchat her boyfriend?
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