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The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday, according to the school district.
ICE said Ian Roberts was in the country illegally from Guyana and was working as a superintendent despite having “a final order of removal and no work authorization.”
When officers conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” tried to approach Roberts in his car on Friday, the superintendent sped away, and the officers later found his car abandoned, ICE said.
Police helped find Roberts, and when he was taken into custody, the superintendent was in possession of a loaded handgun, a fixed-blade hunting knife and $3,000 in cash, ICE said.
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Roberts joined the Des Moines district in July 2023 and “held educational leadership positions in districts across the U.S. for 20 years,” school board chair Jackie Norris said at a news conference Friday.
“There is new information that has been made public that we did not know, and have not been able to verify as to whether that information is accurate,” she said.
“There is much we do not know,” she said. “However, what we do know is that Dr. Roberts has been an integral part of our school community since he joined over two years ago. During his time with our district, he has shown up in ways big and small, and has advocated for students and staff and begun introducing concepts that will help us reimagine education for future generations of Des Moines students.”
A lot of people are calling out that the contents of the car were fabricated, and a good other chunk are saying that it’s Iowa, literally not a surprise at all about what’s in his car.
Either way I say good, they’ve been asleep to what’s happening for too long, let Iowans see what’s happening in other cities. That there is no “but he’s one of the good ones”
Why is a gun a knife and 3,000$ a big deal?
Especially in Iowa. I think it was all played up to make people not feel bad for him when really it doesn’t matter at all
I mean I currently can’t see 3k but I could imagine a scenario were I might. I mean thats like 1k five years ago.
Nope, don’t care. None of our business. Simply having money is not a crime. It is a distraction for us to feel like him simply having items in his car justifies being disappeared.
Even if he was actively committing a crime it is not justification for being disappeared.
Elon Must has 500 billion but 3k for a superintendent is suspicious?
Schrödinger‘s suspect. The police lie more than they tell the truth.
oh totally agree. was not trying to suggest it was more saying I can totally see having that.
Given the other ice statements directly contradicting video I don’t believe them unless they are corroborated by a better source
They’ve already proven they’ll lie to try to sway public opinion. I don’t care what they were doing we aren’t supposed to be in a country that disappears people
