Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement for allegedly being in the United States illegally, according to federal officials.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed Roberts’ Friday, Sept. 26, arrest and detention and said a court had issued a “final order of removal” in May 2024 for the deportation of the Guyana native and longtime U.S. resident.
DHS claims he entered the country in 1999.
ICE: This dangerous individual illegally entered the country in 1999
Reporter: He received his Masters in the US in 1998, that doesn’t make sense.
ICE: Facts have no basis in your reality now.