Des Moines Public Schools superintendent detained by ICE

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The thick plottens.

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YIKES!  Dem-Hired Illegal Superintendent Was Pushing for Something MORE Than Reading, Writing, and Math

 

Turns out Ian Roberts, the illegal immigrant superintendent of Iowa's largest school district, wasn't just running classrooms—he was pushing a wild policy to let people with criminal records waltz right into them, all under the noble guise of 'diversifying staff.'  This bombshell reveals Roberts, who's been slapped with a deportation order from the Biden administration back in May 2024, was playing fast and loose with the rules while preaching inclusivity.  [...]

 

https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/09/29/des-moines-superintendent-pushed-to-allow-people-with-criminal-records-to-work-for-the-district-n2419677

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Regarding this clown:  Did he ever vote in a national election, how often, and what party did he claim (one guess).  Does he have a driver's license in any state and any infractions or accidents?  How did he get paid without documents?  Does he have an SSN, and did he commit identity fraud to get it?  If so, whose identity did he steal, and did he affect that person's life by stealing it?  Does he have a legitimate teaching license in every state he worked in?  Do any of those states check references?  This guy has been circulating all over for many years.  In all these locations, did no one do a background check?  The gun charge seems to be on record, so how do you get a teaching certificate/job with that on your record?

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9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Regarding this clown:  Did he ever vote in a national election, how often, and what party did he claim (one guess).  Does he have a driver's license in any state and any infractions or accidents?  How did he get paid without documents?  Does he have an SSN, and did he commit identity fraud to get it?  If so, whose identity did he steal, and did he affect that person's life by stealing it?  Does he have a legitimate teaching license in every state he worked in?  Do any of those states check references?  This guy has been circulating all over for many years.  In all these locations, did no one do a background check?  The gun charge seems to be on record, so how do you get a teaching certificate/job with that on your record?

 

surprise!

Illegal alien arrested by ICE found registered as active Democrat voter in blue state

After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.

According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.

Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.

more at https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-alien-arrested-ice-found-registered-active-democrat-voter-blue-state
 

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The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools did not obtain a doctoral degree from a Maryland university, as he has claimed for many years.

Ian Andre Roberts, who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, Sept. 26 and faces deportation, has long stated that he received a doctoral degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore. But a university spokesperson told the Des Moines Register on Monday that Roberts did not obtain a degree from the school, despite attending Morgan State from the fall of 2002 through the spring of 2007.

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/09/30/dmps-superintendent-ian-roberts-claimed-doctoral-degree-morgan-state-university/86431683007/

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5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools did not obtain a doctoral degree from a Maryland university, as he has claimed for many years.

Ian Andre Roberts, who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, Sept. 26 and faces deportation, has long stated that he received a doctoral degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore. But a university spokesperson told the Des Moines Register on Monday that Roberts did not obtain a degree from the school, despite attending Morgan State from the fall of 2002 through the spring of 2007.

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/09/30/dmps-superintendent-ian-roberts-claimed-doctoral-degree-morgan-state-university/86431683007/

That make the Iowa education people look even worse!!!!!!!!!  They didn't really vet him at all.

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2 hours ago, Boiler said:

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools did not obtain a doctoral degree from a Maryland university, as he has claimed for many years.

Ian Andre Roberts, who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, Sept. 26 and faces deportation, has long stated that he received a doctoral degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore. But a university spokesperson told the Des Moines Register on Monday that Roberts did not obtain a degree from the school, despite attending Morgan State from the fall of 2002 through the spring of 2007.

 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/09/30/dmps-superintendent-ian-roberts-claimed-doctoral-degree-morgan-state-university/86431683007/

this story is like a slow motion train wreck that just won't end......

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2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

That make the Iowa education people look even worse!!!!!!!!!  They didn't really vet him at all.

They should have, even if they hired an Executive Search outfit to fill their Superintendent vacancy.  If so, that firm's name is mud and their hindquarters is grass, certainly in public-relations terms and perhaps also legally.

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This author, usually more restrained, is really steamed here!

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The Race-Hustling Illegal Running Des Moines Schools Indicts The Entire System

 

[...] 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.  [...]

 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/30/the-race-hustling-illegal-running-des-moines-schools-indicts-the-entire-system/

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Looks like Erie's search firm hosed their own job, too.

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Ian Roberts's time in Erie under scrutiny

 

ERIE, Pennsylvania — The Millcreek School District is not fielding any questions about the former school district superintendent, Ian Roberts, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday for allegedly living and working in the United States illegally.

Reached for comment about the school district's superintendent from July 2020 to 2023, officials would only point to a single statement on the entity's website.

 

"We are aware of recent reports regarding our former superintendent's detention by federal immigration authorities," the statement reads.  "This news is deeply concerning, and our thoughts are with the Des Moines community during this uncertain time.  Out of respect for the legal process, and because this matter is unrelated to Mill Creek Township school district, we will not be commenting beyond offering this statement and the below facts."

Several questions remain, however, that do directly concern the Millcreek Township School District and matter greatly to parents and students.  Chief among them: What was the vetting process for Roberts, and were the district's standards actually met?  [...]

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3831210/ian-roberts-time-in-erie-under-scrutiny/

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In interviews with Millcreek parents, regardless of their views on Roberts’ legal troubles, many said their greater concern was the school district’s vetting process in hiring someone responsible for overseeing their children’s education.

 

This is the biggie

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Baker-Eubanks, a minority and female owned firm, is a leader in conducting executive due diligence to support your most sensitive hires.

 

https://bakereubanks.com/

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1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Baker-Eubanks, a minority and female owned firm, is a leader in conducting executive due diligence to support your most sensitive hires.

 

https://bakereubanks.com/

it would seem they have some explaining to do.........

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1 hour ago, Ban Hammer said:

it would seem they have some explaining to do.........

They're hosed.  They're toast.  Unless they get off because they're "a minority- and female-owned firm."

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