Okay, let me see if I understand this one:
A senior ICE official tells 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. 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.
Dr. Roberts also has a weapons arrest in 2020, though the disposition of that charge/case is currently unclear.
More details as they come…
(Mugshot is from prior arrest).
- The Des Moines School Board appointed Ian Andre Roberts to be Superintendent of Schools in 2023. His base salary started at $270,000. He was an illegal overstay who received a final deportation order in 2024 and who had a prior weapons charge from 2020 when they hired him;
- According to this, he has a “Doctorate in education urban education leadership” from St. John’s University. According to the St. John’s website, I see no such degree offered;
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/edu…
- He was arrested after fleeing in his car, then on foot, with $3,000 cash. A loaded gun was found in his car.
- Here is the board of geniuses that appointed him. Let’s meet them:
Here’s the Board Chair: Jackie Norris — former Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama.
dmschools.org/board/school-b…
Ian Andre Roberts’ base salary of $270k comes with plenty of bennies. As per the Des Moines Register:
“The district will provide him with a payment to a “tax-sheltered annuity” of 14% of his annual salary and $600 per month for a car allowance and reimbursement for “all in-district related travel,” the contract states.
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/edu…
From where I sit, that brings him well over $300k. Oh — and the selection process was done “in secret” so as to select “the best candidate.”
And of course, a goal, again as per the Des Moines Register, “Roberts will face a number of challenges as the district continues to roll out programs and curricula focused on equity in education and improving student outcomes while implementing laws that impact what can be taught in Iowa schools.”
You see it, right? “Equity in education.”
The Register puts it so: “… Roberts has been chosen as Des Moines Public Schools’ next leader at a time when Iowa schools are navigating new laws restricting curriculum, books and the rights of LGBTQ students.”
“Restricting.” Right.
And we wonder why our kids can’t read, write, or do math, know no history, and can’t hold a candle to kids overseas who are taught to do all these things. All this “equity” ain’t working… for kids of any demographic.
So congrats to the Des Moines School Board. Great vetting, folks. You could’ve worked for Alejandro Mayorkas.
He never even had a work authorization!
Jackie Norris (former Michelle Obama Chief of staff and Des Moines School Board Chair is now running for U.S. Senate in Iowa:
https://www.jackienorris.com/about
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