Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being illegally in the United States and in possession of a loaded gun. Photo courtesy of ICE
Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a deportation order and in possession of a loaded gun in a district vehicle.
Ian Andre Roberts, 54, entered from Guyana in 1999 on a student visa and had a final order for removal by an immigration judge in May 2024, ICE said in a news release Friday.
"This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement," Sam Olson, ICE field office director in St. Paul, Minn., said in the release.
"This should be a wake-up call for our communities to the great work that our officers are doing every day to remove public safety threats. 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.
