Ian Roberts's lawyer, Alfredo Parrish, said his law firm filed the request for a stay with a federal immigration court.
His lawyer, Alfredo Parrish, said his law firm filed the request for a stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha, Nebraska,How an illegal immigrant landed an Iowa school superintendent job “Dr.
Roberts has authorized me to send this letter announcing his immediate resignation from his position as superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools,” a letter from Roberts’s attorneys reads. “Out of concern for his 30,000 students, Dr. Roberts does not want to distract the Board, educators, and staff from focusing on educating DMPS’s students.” This photo provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Ian Roberts in February 2020. An immigration judge on Tuesday ordered Roberts to leave the country voluntarily or face deportation. However, his lawyers produced a letter from his last immigration attorney, who said his immigration case was closed, setting up a longer legal battle.on Friday, claiming that they had no idea why he was arrested. An ICE official revealed to Fox News that Roberts was arrested on a deportation order from May 2024. According to the order, Roberts was born in Guyana and came to the United States illegally, contradicting his claim that he was born in New York. “ICE Des Moines today arrested Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien from Guyana, in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash, and a fixed blade hunting knife,” an ICE spokesperson said in a Friday statement. “At the time of his arrest, Roberts was working as the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools despite being an illegal alien with a final order of removal and no work authorization.” Roberts had a weapon possession charge from Feb. 5, 2020, according to ICE. Sam Olson, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office director, said the episode should serve as a “wake-up call.”“How this illegal alien was hired without work authorization, a final order of removal, and a prior weapons charge is beyond comprehension and should alarm the parents of that school district,” he said. Despite his previous deportation order, Roberts’s arrest took DMPS by surprise, unaware of the original reason for his arrest.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegallyA state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.
Read more »
Iowa revokes license of superintendent arrested by ICEA state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.
Read more »
Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegallyA state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.
Read more »
Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegallyA state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.
Read more »
Iowa superintendent held by ICE pushes to delay his deportationLawyers for the Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities have asked an immigration court to put deportation proceedings on hold. Attorney Alfredo Parrish said his law firm filed the request for stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha on behalf of Superintendent Ian Roberts.
Read more »
Des Moines superintendent to resign after being detained by ICE, lawyer saysICE said Ian Roberts is in the U.S. illegally, with a final order of removal.
Read more »