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10-01-2025, 10:38 AM
Ian Roberts will resign his position in a letter addressed to the Des Moines Public Schools board, his attorneys told reporters during a news conference. A motion to reopen his immigration case will be filed Tuesday, according to his legal team.
"We will today be sending a letter to the school board, authorized by Dr. Roberts to resign his position as superintendent," Roberts' attorney, Alfredo Parrish, told reporters during a news conference. "As we go through this process, step by step, we are going to be working on leaving no stone unturned. That’s our No. 1 priority as his attorneys."
Roberts, 54, was hired by the Des Moines district, which has more than 30,000 students and nearly 5,000 employees, in July 2023. He was detained last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a brief car chase. He was taken into custody because he had "a final order of removal and no work authorization," authorities said at the time.
He entered the United States 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 New York City.
Roberts was not legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, authorities said.
Homeland Security officials said that Roberts faced weapon possession charges from February 5, 2020, and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May 2024. (< Biden era called for removal) After his arrest, authorities said they found a loaded handgun in his vehicle.
Parrish said Roberts had a previous lawyer in Texas who told him his immigration case had been "closed successfully."
DEI initiatives and race-based hiring preferences in our schools violate federal anti-discrimination laws and undermine educational priorities," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon. "School districts must cease these unlawful programs and restore merit-based employment practices for the benefit of both students and employees."
The DOJ cited the DMPS website, which states that the district requires its teaching and learning staff to match the student population in terms of "demographics and cultural responsivity."
"DMPS also set specific quotas for ‘increas[ing] the number of teachers of color’ in an affirmative action plan, the DOJ said. "Its staff retention strategy prioritizes ‘lift[ing] up voices of our People of Color’ and ‘creat[ing] a safer environment for People of Color.’
"It is unacceptable that someone under a final order of deportation and without legal work authorization was allowed to lead Iowa’s largest public school system," he said. "Every parent should be able to trust that school leaders are fully vetted, legally employed, and held to the highest standards of accountability."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-school-superintendent-resigns-ice-arrest-rocks-des-moines-district
"We will today be sending a letter to the school board, authorized by Dr. Roberts to resign his position as superintendent," Roberts' attorney, Alfredo Parrish, told reporters during a news conference. "As we go through this process, step by step, we are going to be working on leaving no stone unturned. That’s our No. 1 priority as his attorneys."
Roberts, 54, was hired by the Des Moines district, which has more than 30,000 students and nearly 5,000 employees, in July 2023. He was detained last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a brief car chase. He was taken into custody because he had "a final order of removal and no work authorization," authorities said at the time.
He entered the United States 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 New York City.
Roberts was not legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, authorities said.
Homeland Security officials said that Roberts faced weapon possession charges from February 5, 2020, and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May 2024. (< Biden era called for removal) After his arrest, authorities said they found a loaded handgun in his vehicle.
Parrish said Roberts had a previous lawyer in Texas who told him his immigration case had been "closed successfully."
DEI initiatives and race-based hiring preferences in our schools violate federal anti-discrimination laws and undermine educational priorities," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon. "School districts must cease these unlawful programs and restore merit-based employment practices for the benefit of both students and employees."
The DOJ cited the DMPS website, which states that the district requires its teaching and learning staff to match the student population in terms of "demographics and cultural responsivity."
"DMPS also set specific quotas for ‘increas[ing] the number of teachers of color’ in an affirmative action plan, the DOJ said. "Its staff retention strategy prioritizes ‘lift[ing] up voices of our People of Color’ and ‘creat[ing] a safer environment for People of Color.’
"It is unacceptable that someone under a final order of deportation and without legal work authorization was allowed to lead Iowa’s largest public school system," he said. "Every parent should be able to trust that school leaders are fully vetted, legally employed, and held to the highest standards of accountability."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-school-superintendent-resigns-ice-arrest-rocks-des-moines-district