Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts was arrested by ICE agents after being found to be in the U.S. illegally and in possession of a loaded handgun. Roberts, a citizen of Guyana, entered the U.S. in 1999 on a student visa and was given a final deportation order in May 2024. ICE recovered a loaded handgun, cash, and a knife from his vehicle which he abandoned before fleeing. The ATF is also investigating how he obtained the firearm.
Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after having been illegally residing in the United States and in possession of a loaded handgun.
Roberts’ arrest, noting that he is an illegal alien from Guyana who first entered the U.S. in 1999 on a student visa and was given a final deportation order by a federal immigration judge in May 2024. ICE agents said they approached Roberts on Friday in his vehicle, which had been provided by Des Moines Public Schools as part of his role as school superintendent. Roberts, agents said, sped off and abandoned the vehicle in a wooded area. Recovered from Roberts’ vehicle was a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash, and a fixed-blade hunting knife. ICE agents, working with the Iowa State Patrol, located Roberts and arrested him. “This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,” ICE’s Sam Olson said in a statement: This should be a wake-up call for our communities to the great work that our officers are doing every day to remove public safety threats. How this illegal alien was hired without work authorization, a final order of removal, and a prior weapons charge is beyond comprehensionA loaded handgun recovered from Ian Andre Roberts’ vehicle, according to ICE officials. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is investigating how Roberts secured a handgun, a violation of federal law, since he is an illegal alien. Roberts was named school superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in July 2023 after “an extensive nationwide search based on a leadership profile developed with input from the school board, teachers, families, and others in the school community,” the school district’s website “ is passionate about instructional excellence, diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation in education,” the website continues.Stephen Colbert Pushes More Control for 'Long Guns' After ICE AttackBreitbart Business Digest: Tariffs Are Reducing Prices and Humiliating EconomistsAssata Shakur, a Fugitive Black Militant Sought by the U.S. Since 1979, Dies in Cuba Stephen Colbert Pushes More Control on ‘Long Guns’ After Man Attacked Dallas ICE with 8mm Bolt ActionTrump Calls for Microsoft to ‘Terminate’ Former Biden Deputy AG Lisa Monaco
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