Posted on 08/27/2018 1:03:47 PM PDT by central_va
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has prompted criticism of the U.S. immigration system because the man charged in her death is a Mexican farmworker. But the victim's father told mourners he's been embraced by the local Hispanic community.
Speaking Sunday afternoon to more than 1,000 people at a ceremony at his daughter's former high school, Rob Tibbetts didn't directly respond to comments by President Donald Trump and others who quickly seized upon the suspect's citizenship to argue for changes in immigration laws.
However, The Des Moines Register reports that Tibbetts said he encountered Hispanics at Mexican restaurants and elsewhere who were sensitive and kind during the weeks he spent in the central Iowa community of Brooklyn to help search for his daughter.
"The Hispanic community are Iowans. They have the same values as Iowans," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, they're Iowans with better food."
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Iowans with sharper knives....
And an illegal working in those farms raped and MURDERED your daughter..geez what a fool
I have to hand it to liberals. They always reach a new low and then go lower.
I’m getting that “Seth Rich family” feeling from this.
Sure, it would be ridiculous to blame all Hispanics. This isn’t about Hispanics.
This is about Americans being the victims of crime by illegal invaders.
He mentioned Hispanics, not illegal aliens as far as I can tell.
Is every Hispanic in Iowa illegal?
What
A
Tool
We knew this was coming after what his sister said. Sad.
That settles it, illegals can stay and murder.
Who ever said the “community” wasn’t kind to him. Not the point.
Imagine the pressure on this family?
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE DON'T KNOW!
Borders, language, culture - Dr. Savage....
This slug should have never procreated.
Geraldo proves once again why the mute button was invented.
His very callous words demean the parents of countless victims killed by illegal aliens,
Waiting for the FakeNews media to call this guy a racist.
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I won’t hold my breath.
That’s why I say “Seth Rich family” feeling. Bowing to pressure to make some sort of politically-correct statement instead of speaking to the actual problem.
P.C. will be the death of this nation. For many of our fellow citizens, like this girl, it already has.
I wonder how much money the Chamber of Commerce deposited in his checking account.
And unfortunately they are in the foxhole with us.
His very callous words demean the parents of countless victims killed by illegal aliens,
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I agree. :(
Still hard to comprehend how even almost losing his own daughter, who was at the soccer stadium during the terrorist attack in Paris, hasn’t awakened Geraldo!!!
He hurried to an emotional reunion at the airport, but his attitude never changed.
The monster who murdered Mollie Tibbetts should have never been in our country!!
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