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Salon: Don’t Blame Mollie Tibbetts’ Murder On Illegal Immigration. Blame Men.

Hank Berrien

On Friday, Salon magazine, never missing an opportunity to denigrate men, ran a piece titled, “In the wake of Mollie Tibbetts’ death, don’t blame immigrants for murder. Blame men.”

Writer Amanda Marcotte begins her screed by claiming that accused murderer Cristhian Bahena Rivera “is a Mexican immigrant, though his legal status is in dispute.” Marcotte makes that dubious claim based on the claims of Rivera’s attorney, despite the fact that both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have clearly stated Rivera was an illegal immigrant.

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