Des Moines Public Schools superintendent detained by ICE

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A lot going on with this story.

ICE states he had a final deportation order from 2024, and an existing gun charge from 2020.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-criminal-alien-serving-des-moines-public-schools-superintendent-prior

They also state he entered via a student visa in 1999.  A lot of people are taking this to mean he overstayed that, but ICE did not say that and I doubt that is the case.

However, after the alleged 2020 gun charge, he was hired by two different school districts.  He did also plead guilty to a seemingly different gun charge from 2021, where he was not arrested and paid a fine of less than $200 half of which went to the game commission.  He stated he was licensed to carry at that time (which would prove the “overstayed his visa” claim wrong if true), and the Des Moines school district confirmed they were aware of that charge (also that they performed a third-party background check on him).

He is also a former Olympian.   Not really relevant to anything but interesting to note especially on a forum such as this.

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-des-moines-superintendent-ian-roberts-b52a9ea28d002d27832c67513403368e

He did run from law enforcement, so that’s not good for him.  But this guy seems to have a lot of support (hundreds were already protesting downtown), so I’m hoping we get some more details about the 2020 charge and his previous deportation proceedings.  Very little information out there so far about those 2 things in particular.

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Any Iowa people in here that have any more insight on this?

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18 minutes ago, Caveira said:

 

 

He definitely seems like a DEI guy.  Interesting that most of the “sex discrimination” lawsuits were actually from men claiming they were passed over for women instead.

Not sure that has anything to do with him being a “criminal illegal alien” though.

[Caveira]

41 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

He definitely seems like a DEI guy.  Interesting that most of the “sex discrimination” lawsuits were actually from men claiming they were passed over for women instead.

Not sure that has anything to do with him being a “criminal illegal alien” though.

No idea.  Alright he is in fact a criminal illegal alien.   Is it possible the hiring board are so woke ish in this case the illegal (regular illegal alien) part is a plus for some super left school boards.  Obviously the weapons charge isn’t part of this.  Do they not do background checks for superintendents ?   Apparently not.

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57 minutes ago, Caveira said:

No idea.  Alright he is in fact a criminal illegal alien.   Is it possible the hiring board are so woke ish in this case the illegal (regular illegal alien) part is a plus for some super left school boards.  Obviously the weapons charge isn’t part of this.  Do they not do background checks for superintendents ?   Apparently not.

Something seems off about the alleged 2020 charge.  He got hired by not 1 but 2 districts after that.  Des Moines stated they performed a third party background check and that they were aware of the 2021 charge.