Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sept. 26 arrested a Guyana national who was serving as the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district despite being an illegal immigrant and facing a final order of removal from 2024.
According to the agency, Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts was approached by officers in his vehicle after he identified himself. After he sped away, officers found his vehicle abandoned in a wooded area, and he was eventually taken into custody.
Roberts was allegedly found with a loaded handgun despite having an existing weapon possession charge from 2020, an ICE press release stated. It noted that illegal immigrants are not allowed under the law to possess a firearm and ammunition, and that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would take over the investigation into how Roberts acquired it….