{"id":1102465,"date":"2021-12-09T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102465"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:14:22","slug":"swing-district-iowa-dem-very-active-in-group-that-wants-to-abolish-ice-establish-sanctuary-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-district-iowa-dem-very-active-in-group-that-wants-to-abolish-ice-establish-sanctuary-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing-District Iowa Dem \u2018Very Active\u2019 in Group That Wants to Abolish ICE, Establish Sanctuary Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswing-district-iowa-dem-very-active-in-group-that-wants-to-abolish-ice-establish-sanctuary-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1102465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.952380952381\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Christina Bohannan postures as moderate in competitive congressional run<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1161814001_736x514.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1161814001_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1161814001_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1161814001_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 December 9, 2021 12:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"88.515805946792\">\n<p>A swing-district Iowa Democrat is &#8220;very active&#8221; in a group that works to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), end the deportation of illegal immigrants, and establish &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; cities throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>State legislator Christina Bohannan, who is running to unseat Republican congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/66WoyzDbJ28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa (CWJ) during a 2020 candidate forum, saying she is &#8220;very active&#8221; in the liberal immigration group. Just months before the forum, CWJ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200115110908\/https:\/\/cwjiowa.org\/photos\/attachment\/img_0613-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> to abolish ICE, the federal entity responsible for immigration enforcement and terrorism prevention. The group has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/center-for-worker-justice-of-eastern-iowa-centro-de-justicia-laboral\/keeping-ice-out-of-iowa-deportation-defense-discussion\/944673085705518\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked<\/a> to stop illegal immigrant deportations and &#8220;keep ICE out of Iowa&#8221; by fighting against a 2018 bill that revoked state funding from &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; cities that intentionally fail to enforce federal immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan&#8217;s &#8220;active&#8221; involvement in CWJ could undermine the Democrat&#8217;s attempt to recast herself as a moderate in her congressional campaign. After a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/swing-district-iowa-dem-donated-to-bail-out-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> found that Bohannan donated money to bail out illegal immigrants through Prairielands Freedom Fund\u2014which aims to &#8220;melt ICE&#8221; and establish a &#8220;world without police&#8221;\u2014the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/qctimes.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/gop-targets-iowa-2nd-district-democrat-over-facebook-donation-to-anti-prison-group\/article_4417e356-b357-5406-9350-1dcf38930948.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> she was unaware of the group&#8217;s mission and has &#8220;never supported abolishing police or law enforcement.&#8221; But according to Bohannan herself, her work with CWJ goes beyond a mere donation, casting doubt on whether she supports enforcing federal immigration law in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan, who did not return a request for comment, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.press-citizen.com\/story\/news\/2020\/04\/22\/bohannan-touts-endorsements-bid-unseat-iowa-house-incumbent-lensing\/2999551001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touted<\/a> an endorsement in 2020 from former CWJ executive director Rafael Morataya. In the months that followed his decision to back Bohannan, Morataya called to abolish both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RafaelMorataya\/status\/1306344491838615553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RafaelMorataya\/status\/1269653356865302530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a>. Bohannan pledged to collaborate with Morataya as a state legislator and called the activist someone who &#8220;know[s] what it takes to deal with difficult issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CWJ did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan launched her bid to unseat Miller-Meeks in August. The Democrat&#8217;s campaign announcement took on a moderate, bipartisan tone\u2014Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/bohannanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> she decided to run &#8220;because she believes we need less bickering in Washington, and more working together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the announcement, however, Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/iowa-dem-scrubs-left-wing-views-from-website-as-she-kicks-off-moderate-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed all policy positions<\/a> from her 2020 state house campaign site, including one section that condemned Iowa&#8217;s voter ID law as a &#8220;threat to democracy&#8221; and another that endorsed using taxpayer funds for &#8220;gender confirmation surgery for transgender individuals.&#8221; Bohannan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bohannanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new campaign page<\/a> notes that she &#8220;enjoys running, hiking, and bike riding&#8221; but does not list detailed policy positions.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan joined the Iowa House of Representatives in January after she won a primary campaign against fellow Democrat and eight-year incumbent Vicki Lensing. Bohannan ran to Lensing&#8217;s left, arguing for a &#8220;more progressive and less defensive attitude in the Iowa House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Bohannan&#8217;s standing as a liberal insurgent proved successful in her deep-blue state house district, her progressive past is unlikely to play as well in Iowa&#8217;s First Congressional District, which <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leans Republican<\/a>, according to <em>FiveThirtyEight<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Christina Bohannan postures as moderate in competitive congressional run  Getty Images  Collin Anderson \u2022 December 9, 2021 12:00 pm A swing-district Iowa &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}