ICE Detains Des Moines Schools Superintendent in Targeted Operation
Ian Andre Roberts fled ICE agents before being detained with a loaded handgun, hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash; he had a prior deportation order from May 2024, officials said.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts, and he is reported missing in the system.
- The Des Moines school board placed Roberts on paid leave after news of his detention, stating they lack full information about the situation.
- ICE reported that Roberts attempted to flee during his arrest and had a loaded handgun, cash, and a hunting knife in his vehicle.
- Protests have emerged in support of Roberts, as local community members express fear regarding the implications of his arrest on immigrant families.
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ICE arrests illegal alien employed as Iowa superintendent, caught with loaded gun, $3,000 in cash AlphaNews.org
Share This Story(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the superintendent of a major public school system living in the U.S. unlawfully and allegedly caught with weapons and thousands in cash. On Friday, ICE agents arrested Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national employed as the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, the agency confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. At the time of his arr…
Des Moines: Leftists Protest ICE Arrest of Gun-Toting Illegal "School Superintendent" With Fake Degree and Criminal Record - Geller Report
Des Moines leftists take to the streets to support gun-toting illegal alien school superintendent with fake degrees arrested by ICE. Michelle Obama’s chief of staff hired an illegal alien with a fake degree and a criminal record to be the head of the public schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Ian Andre Roberts, a 48-year-old Guyanese national who overstayed his 1999 student visa, was arrested by ICE agents in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 26, 2025, af…
Des Moines School Superintendent Arrested by ICE as Protesters and Politicians Call for his Release
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested this week after fleeing ICE officers and abandoning a school-subsidized car with an illegal handgun inside. Roberts has a criminal record and a long-standing order of removal from the country. The case has become a flashpoint over immigration policies with protesters demanding his release and Democratic politicians denouncing his arrest as evidence of a fascist regime. The controv…

Officials place Des Moines schools leader on leave after his arrest by immigration agents
Officials have put the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on administrative leave a day after federal immigration agents arrested him because they said he was in the country illegally.
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