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Lawless anti-American Iowa Dems reject 'partisan fight' over Mollie Tibbetts as platform opposes enforcing federal immigration laws

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The killing of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, allegedly 
at the hands of an illegal immigrant, has placed a spotlight on 
the state's Democratic party, which this summer denounced 
federal immigration laws and called for local officials not to 
enforce them.

But Iowa Democratic party officials on Wednesday would not say 
whether they stood by their immigration platform, and instead 
characterized the matter as a "partisan fight."

"The Iowa Democratic Party is going to honor the wishes of the 
Tibbetts family to let them grieve in private and will not turn 
this senseless tragedy into a partisan fight," Iowa Democratic 
Party chairman Troy Price told Fox News.

The national uproar over Tibbetts' slaying also threatens to 
upend two key House races underway in the state, which are 
considered potentially pivotal to Democrats' chances of retaking 
the House in November's midterm elections.

The 2018 Iowa Democratic Party platform, in a section entitled 
"Statement of Issues," reads: "We oppose: detaining undocumented 
minors, immigrant detention/deportation quotas, locally 
enforcing federal immigration laws, mass raids/related 
enforcement practices, religious exclusion, 'papers please,' 
unnecessary travel-bans, abrogating birthright-citizenship, 
separating minor children from their parents when they are 
trying to enter the country, internment and concentration camps."

The platform was adopted at a state convention in June. It goes 
on in a "Statement of Principles" to "affirm the Democratic 
Party’s contributions to our nation’s heritage, accomplishments, 
and diversity."

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Mollie Tibbetts case
Asked directly whether Iowa officials still did not want local 
police to enforce federal immigration law, Price did not 
respond. Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne, the two candidates 
Democrats have nominated to take on vulnerable Republican 
congressmen in the state, did not immediately respond to Fox 
News' inquiries as to their positions on the party platform.

On Wednesday, an Iowa judge ordered Cristhian Rivera, the 24-
year-old illegal immigrant accused of killing Tibbetts, held on 
$5 million cash-only bond. Rivera was mostly stoic and looked 
straight ahead in the courtroom. He wore headphones and used an 
interpreter when the judge spoke, only answering "Yes" when 
asked if he understood the proceeding.

A body believed to be Tibbetts was discovered Tuesday hidden in 
a corn field beneath several corn stalks after Rivera led 
authorities to the location.

Tibbetts' killing has fueled Republican calls to strengthen 
border security, while raising questions as to how Rivera was 
able to enter and remain in the country.

Rivera worked at a dairy farm, Yarrabee Farms, for the past four 
years -- less than three miles from where the 20-year-old 
University of Iowa student was staying the night she vanished in 
July. The company said he was in good standing as a worker and 
was shocked to learn of his alleged involvement in Tibbetts' 
disappearance and murder.

The suspect told law enforcement he approached Tibbetts while 
she was running, according to authorities. He claimed to have 
blacked out and realized later that he had put Tibbetts in his 
trunk. Investigators said they believed Rivera had been in the 
area for four to seven years.

On Wednesday night, President Trump cited Tibbetts' case to call 
for changes to the country's immigration laws.

"Molly Tibbetts, an incredible young woman, is now permanently 
separated from her family.  A person came in from Mexico 
Illegally and killed her.  We need the wall, we need our 
immigration laws changed. We need our border laws changed. We 
need Republicans to do it because the Democrats aren’t going to 
do it. This is one instance of many," the president said in a 
video posted to Twitter.



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Democrats are aggressively trying to flip the House seats of two 
Republicans in Iowa in November, Reps. David Young in the 3rd 
Congressional District and Rod Blum in the 1st Congressional 
District.

Both races are toss-ups, and are considered key contests as 
Democrats try to retake the House in the midterms. That would 
require Democrats winning a total of 24 currently GOP-held seats.

Immigration had played a significant role in two campaigns even 
before Tibbetts' disappearance.

Cristhian Rivera is charged with murder of 20-year-old Iowa 
student Mollie Tibbetts.
Democrats have nominated Finkenauer and Axne to take on Blum and 
Young, respectively. Both Finkenauer and Axne are seeking to the 
first women to represent Iowa in the House.

Axne has vowed to a provide a "full path to citizenship for 
Dreamers and undocumented immigrants who don't have a criminal 
background," referring to illegal immigrants brought to the 
country as children. The progressive Finkenauer also has come 
out in support of immigration reform.

Neither Axne nor Finkenauer responded to Fox News' requests for 
comments on the Tibbetts case.

On the Republican side, Young had taken a moderate approach to 
the issue, saying he wanted border security but also a path to 
citizenship for Dreamers, the Des Moines Register reported. 
Blum, for his part, has called for an end to family separations 
at the border in the wake of the Trump administration's "zero 
tolerance" policy on arresting all illegal border crossers, but 
stressed that media coverage of the issue has been unfair.

The Tibbetts case also could have national political 
ramifications. The once-fringe call to abolish ICE in recent 
months has been picked up by top 2020 Democratic prospects, 
including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kirsten 
Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

There are signs not all Democrats are ready to take the idea 
mainstream, though. In July, House Republicans passed a 
nonbinding resolution expressing support for ICE, effectively 
daring Democrats to oppose the measure on record. Only 35 
Democrats voted against the bill, with 133 voting present.

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