Following Trump’s terrible day of Manafort and Cohen convictions, Trump tried to change the subject. The President called out: “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,” he said, shaking his head. “Should’ve never happened.”
The story is sad. Cristhian Rivera is accused in the death of a 20-year-old University of Iowa student. Mr. Rivera, however worked for an Iowa farm owned by the brother of a prominent Iowa Republican. Fox, of course, is using this to make it appear as if all people here illegally are perps and need to be deported for “our” safety. This is especially intense in regard to Mr. Rivera because he was caught on the same day that the Manafort and Cohen convictions implicated Mr. Trump as ready for a perp walk.
Now it turns out the Mr. Rivera was illegally employed for at least 4 years by a Trump ally. In a statement Tuesday night, Dane Lang, of Yarrabee Farms, said Rivera was an “employee in good standing” and was “shocked to hear” Rivera was implicated in the death of Mollie Tibbetts. Mr. Lang claimed that Rivera passed the government’s vetting process. Mr. Lang is related to Craig Lang, the former president of both the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Board of Regents and a 2018 Republican candidate for state secretary of agriculture. Documents immediately reviewed by the Des Moines Register listed several owners of Yarrabee Farms, including Dane Lang and Eric Lang, Craig’s brother.
Rivera, 24, who resides in rural Poweshiek County, Iowa, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the alleged abduction and death of Tibbetts, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Dane Lang however, admitted that Rivera worked for Yarrabee Farms for four years. The Farm said that ” This is a profoundly sad day for our community. All of us at Yarrabee Farms are shocked to hear that one of our employees was involved and is charged in this case. (Mr. Rivera) worked at our farms for four years, was vetted through the government’s E-Verify system, and was an employee in good standing. …. We have cooperated fully with their investigation. 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. We keep records on all employees and have shared that information with authorities.
Rivera is likely guilty, but Yarrabee IS guilty. According to Trump, Mr. Lang harbored a killer. He needs to be investigated. Did Lang do his due diligence? Did he do enough to be sure that an illegal alien was not working for him?
based on reporting in The Des Moines Register