An attorney for the man charged with the murder of Mollie Tibbetts is claiming the government is wrong in its statements that he is in the country illegally. Allan Richards, an attorney for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, stated in a court document filed Wednesday 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 who is co-owner of a dairy 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. Richards has asked the court to prevent claims of Rivera being an illegal immigrant in court proceedings.
