Local Elections Count!!
Des Moines Chose a Guyana National for Public Schools Superintendent.
Those local elections matter.
While this Guyana National, who had entered on a student visa in 1999, was appointed by the Des Moines School Board - that school board was elected.
When the people wallow in distractions, this is what happens. Be it the city counsel, mayor, governor or a school board, that appoints this Guyana National, who had been served with a Final Order of Removal, in May 2024, a distracted public will inadvertently allow this.
From the ICE report
ICE arrests criminal alien serving as Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent; prior weapons charges and in possession of loaded handgun at time of arrest
Guyana National tried to evade arrest, Officers discovered his abandoned vehicle in a wooded area
DES MOINES, Iowa — 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.
The investigation into how Roberts acquired the handgun is being turned over to the ATF. It is a violation of federal law for those in the U.S. without legal status to possess a firearm and ammunition.
“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 ERO 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.”
Either we start paying attention and engage, or these illegals and Leftists bureaucracies will subvert and undermine our local governments and communities, right under our noses.
The Original ICE announcement.
Evil, corruption is akin to entropic forces: do nothing and they win.
Disgusting and very worrisome!!