Mollie Tibbitts, the GOP's new poster girl, and the truth about immigrant crime.

[pnwmom]

Last edited Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:37 PM - Edit history (2)

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/22/17768194/mollie-tibbetts-illegal-immigration-crime

After weeks of searching, police on Tuesday found what they believe to be the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old student from Brooklyn, Iowa. The case — one of a missing white woman — had already drawn a lot of media attention before Tibbetts’s body was reportedly found.

But it has drawn particular attention this week from Fox News due to another development: The suspect in the killing is an undocumented immigrant, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, whom police charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday.

As of Wednesday, Fox News was emphasizing Rivera’s immigrant status. The story got regular coverage on-air throughout the morning. A banner at the bottom of Fox’s website blared, “Tibbetts slaying becomes immigration debate lightning rod.” The top story on the site focused on Rivera’s immigration status — with the headline “Illegal immigrant arrested in murder of Mollie Tibbetts was local farmhand, say police.”

It can be easy with this kind of story, though, to lose sight of the bigger picture: In the US, immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes than their native-born peers.

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https://www.kcci.com/article/mollie-tibbetts-aunt-evil-comes-in-every-color/22798486

Court documents filed Wednesday said that an employer has said Rivera is in the U.S. legally. The document names Craig Lang, a former head of the Iowa Board of Regents and co-owner of a dairy farm that employed Rivera.

The Lang family said in a statement Tuesday that Rivera's immigration status had been confirmed by an E-Verify electronic immigration status check.

[Hoyt]

1. +1. My experience is that the last thing 99+% of immigrants want to do is mess with law enforcement.

I find it sad to see people who have come here for a better life -- and who have worked hard and led exemplary lives for years -- afraid that a minor traffic violation or altercation with a bigot might get them deported. It's pretty much the same for Black people born right here decades ago.

Other than disdain for the politicization of Rivera's immigration status, there is not much one can say in his defense. Really sad for the Tibbets' family and friends.

[Squinch]

2. Turns out the killer was in the country legally.

[Initech]

3. Didn't take long before the MAGAts shit all over this tragedy.

[DesertRat]

4. The majority of violence against women is committed by husbands and boyfriends

I wish that Mollie Tibbets family would tell the GOP to stop using their daughter's murder to advance their racist agenda.