Posted on 09/26/2025 11:35:27 AM PDT by Pappy Smear
DES MOINES, Iowa — The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, Dr. Ian Roberts, has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Des Moines School Board President Jackie Norris.
Norris said Associate Superintendent Matt Smith will immediately step into the role of Interim Superintendent.
“Our priority is to provide a safe, secure and outstanding education for all students and to support our students, families, and employees. The appointment of Mr. Smith as Interim Superintendent ensures that our District continues to operate at the highest level,” said Norris, in a statement released first to staff of the district and then shared to media.
The Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools has been detained by ICE. Grok look up says his parents are immigrants from Guyana. Speculation on my part, maybe he was hiding information on illegals that were attending school?
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No he was here illegally.
We shall see how this sorts out.
I certainly find it interesting that the school board has announced a Interim Superintendent. This doesn’t sound like a “come in for some questions” and then go home.
The bet here is that ICE is on firm ground.
Before a career in education, Roberts competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in track and field for Guyana as a mid-distance runner.
I would assume at that time he didn’t have US citizenship or dual citizenship for that matter.
Illegally overstaying a visa is one way to “cut in line”.
But there is a new sheriff in town and “cutting in line” can get you deported.
I’m not thinking that Dr. Ian Roberts overstayed his VISA permit. I’m thinking he something serious in his arrest records and his real name is not Dr. Ian Roberts.
With Hammerhead sanctioned, ExxonMobil’s total committed investments for the seven approved projects now exceed US$60 billion. This record-setting figure underscores the pace and scale of development in Guyana, where oil production only began in late 2019.
If Roberts gets deported back to Guyana, he can probably get a better paying job in his home country.
The Exxon managed oil field offshore Guyana is huge.
No doubt that my asking this question makes me xenophobic, but were there no American-born candidates for the job of superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools?
None that had enough melanin
What other reasons would he be detained by ICE?
Madison10 is correct. That area of Iowa is leftarded.
BREAKING: A senior ICE official tells @FoxNews that today, ICE arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts, who ICE says is an illegal alien from Guyana & and active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. Fox is told Dr. Roberts fled from ICE agents in his car once they ID’d themselves as immigration agents, speeding away, then abandoning the car. He was found in a brushy area 200 yards away with the help of an Iowa State Police K9. Per ICE official, agents found a loaded gun, a “fixed blade hunting knife”, and $3,000 cash in Dr. Robert’s vehicle.
Per senior ICE official, Roberts first entered the U.S. in 1999 on a F-1 student visa at St. John’s University was ordered removed from the United States on May 22, 2024, with proceedings being held in absentia. On April 24, 2025, an Immigration Judge in Dallas, TX denied a Motion to Reopen his immigration case.
Fox is told Dr. Roberts also has a weapons arrest in 2020, though the disposition of that charge/case is currently unclear.
Superintendant at a public school??
this is a State Gov position!!
Do they NOT do background checks?
Not sure whether hiring such a guy hurts or helps her in the Democratic primary.
Not only that: his suit coat appears backwards.
So...is OKC akin to SF, Austin TX, Madison WI as a liberal stronghold?
He a dark darkie...so to speak.
FNC just reported his arrest. Illegal, prior weapons charge, previous order of deportation, loaded handgun, knife, $3000 on his person.
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