The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested after federal agents discovered he was in the country illegally with a deportation order — and in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a hunting knife, authorities said.
Ian Andre Roberts, originally from Guyana, was taken into custody on Friday during a targeted enforcement operation, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Des Moines.
“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,” the agency said.
“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.”
Agents said Roberts sped off in his vehicle after being approached by officers. His car was later discovered abandoned near a wooded area.
The Iowa State Patrol assisted in locating him, and he was taken into ICE custody.
Roberts has a prior criminal record in the US. He was charged with weapons possession on Feb. 5, 2020.
He entered the US in 1999 on a student visa and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May 2024, according to officials.
The case of Roberts’ firearm has been referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is a violation of federal law for anyone in the US without legal status to possess a firearm or ammunition.
“This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson. --->READ MORE HERE
Democrats are protesting Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts’ arrest by ICE because he indicts the entire public school system they control.
State officials revoked the license of the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district Monday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Ian Roberts Friday on a deportation order and weapons charges. On Saturday, the Des Moines school board placed Roberts on paid administrative leave while protesters demand his release.
ICE says Roberts is not only an illegal alien from Guyana who was working illegally, but also that he fled arrest in a school district-owned car and was in illegal possession of a loaded gun and hunting knife when agents finally nabbed him. The school board voted in secret to select Roberts as the “first person of color” to assume the Des Moines superintendency in 2023. The noncitizen also holds a Maryland Democrat voting registration.
🚨 BREAKING: Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has been registered as a DEMOCRAT since 2012 in Maryland.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 29, 2025
My sources close to the law firm representing Des Moines Schools say that the Roberts carries a Maryland ID available to certain visa holders (F, J, or M categories). pic.twitter.com/ZtwfwE3cjv
In 2022, Roberts explained away previous illegal weapon possession charges by alleging the charges were racially motivated: “I may not appear to be the ‘type of man’ who would enjoy deer season in Pennsylvania, in fact, I am and have been hunting for more than 20 years,” he wrote of the incident, according to CNN.
That’s also essentially how he obtained a “doctorate in education leadership,” with a “dissertation” that involved interviewing 15 non-white people about “culturally responsive inclusion” through an online questionnaire.
If the feds’ facts are accurate, Roberts is a highly successful career con man. Public documents show he made many outrageous and contradictory claims about his history that should have prompted due diligence from numerous U.S. education employers, including that he worked on a security detail for Queen Elizabeth.
In just the last five years, Roberts bilked American taxpayers out of more than $1 million in superintendents’ salaries plus $400,000 to settle three lawsuits accusing him of hiring women over men while leading a Pennsylvania school system. That district could not verify his credentials but still paid him $183,000 per year, plus benefits, for three years. --->READ MORE HERE
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