BREAKING: ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Superintendent of Biggest School District in Iowa!

This is absolutely crazy.

ICE has just arrested the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools — the biggest public school district in Iowa.

Ian Andre Roberts, originally from Guyana, had been living illegally in our country for years. Somehow, he became the head of Iowa’s largest school district.

But, it gets even worse.

Roberts was arrested on weapons charges and was allegedly armed with a handgun and knife when he tried to flee upon his arrest!

Here’s everything we know:

🚨 BREAKING: ICE just ARRESTED the Superintendent of Des Moines Iowa schools, who is an illegal immigrant from AFRICA, per @BillMelugin_

He was armed, and attempted to FLEE

WTF?

He led the LARGEST school district in Iowa. Our kids are NOT SAFE with Democrats in charge. INSANE… pic.twitter.com/7q6ou5irkx

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 26, 2025

BREAKING: ICE just ARRESTED the Superintendent of Des Moines Iowa schools, who is an illegal immigrant from AFRICA, per @BillMelugin_

He was armed, and attempted to FLEE

WTF?

He led the LARGEST school district in Iowa. Our kids are NOT SAFE with Democrats in charge. INSANE

Ian Andre Roberts will now be sent back to Guayana.

This is Ian Andre Roberts.

The Des Moines Iowa public schools superintendent and just revealed criminal alien with a deportation order since 2024.

He was arrested by ICE while attempting to flee agents with a loaded gun and knife.

per @BillMelugin_
pic.twitter.com/W0q7IoSGUJ

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 26, 2025

It’s insane that this was the guy who was in charge of children’s education.

He hasn’t been authorized to work in this country for five years, and he’s had pending weapons charges on him since 2020.

An ICE press release confirmed:

Today, ICE Des Moines arrested Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien from Guyana in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife. At the time of his arrest, Roberts was working as the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools despite being an illegal alien with a final order of removal and no work authorization.

During a targeted enforcement operation on Sept. 26, 2025, officers approached Roberts in his vehicle after identifying himself, but he sped away. Officers later discovered his vehicle abandoned near a wooded area. State Patrol assisted in locating the subject and he was taken into ICE custody.

Roberts has existing weapon possession charges from February 5, 2020. Roberts entered the United States in 1999 on a student visa and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May of 2024.

And yet, in spite of all this, the school district took no action to remove him from his position.

That just goes to show you how much they cared about the safety of your kids.

Very disturbing.

Fox News has more:

“This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,” said ICE Enforcement Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson. “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.”

Roberts entered the U.S. illegally from Guyana, authorities said. He last entered the country through New York on Aug. 30, 1999, on an F-1 student visa to attend St. John’s University in Queens.

Roberts was not legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, authorities said.

Subject was encountered by Port Authority PD and arrested for weapons possession charges, which are still pending,” ICE said of existing weapon possession charges from Feb. 5, 2020.

On May 22, 2024, a judge ordered that he be deported. The proceedings were held in absentia. On April 24, 2025, an immigration judge in Dallas denied a motion to reopen the case.

Roberts was hired to serve as superintendent for Des Moines Public Schools on July 1, 2023, following a nationwide search for qualified candidates. A statement announcing his hiring said he was “chosen through a comprehensive national search based on the leadership profile prepared by the Board after receiving input from staff, parents, students and community members.”

“Dr. Roberts proudly shares that he was born to immigrant parents from Guyana, and spent most of his formative years in Brooklyn, NY.,” the DMPS news release stated at the time.

Roberts worked in education in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and St. Louis.