Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is asking officials in the Department of Homeland Security to explain how the man accused of murdering Mollie Tibbetts got from Mexico to Iowa — and was able to live in the state illegally for seven years.
Cristhian Rivera worked at a dairy farm near Brooklyn. Dane Lang of Yarrabee Farms says Rivera applied for work four years ago under a different name. Lang says his farming operation learned Wednesday it had NOT been using the federal E-Verify system, but rather a process through Social Security to cross-check the identity of prospective employees. Grassley says it’s time for congress to eliminate the potential for fraud and abuse in the E-Verify system.
During a speech on the senate floor yesterday (Wednesday), Grassley said congress “has been dancing around the issue of securing our border and strengthening interior enforcement for far too long” and it’s time to fix the problem.
