(CNN) Since authorities revealed the suspect in the killing of Mollie Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, Iowa's Latino communities have been the target of rising anti-immigrant sentiment . "I encourage the debate on immigration; there is great merit in its reasonable outcome," Tibbetts wrote in an op-ed for the Des Moines Register on Saturday . Mollie Tibbetts disappeared during an evening jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. Rob Tibbetts with his daughter, Mollie. "That you've been beset by the circumstances of Mollie's death is wrong.

Source: CNN September 02, 2018 13:40 UTC