WASHINGTON, CMC – America Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) company on Friday launched new info it deems to be the “prison historical past” and “immigration historical past” of alleged undocumented Guyanese nationwide Ian Andre Roberts, who was serving as Des Moines, Iowa’s faculty superintendent on the time of his September 26 arrest.
ICE stated when officers of the company approached Roberts, he recognized himself, then sped off, deserted his car, and hid in a brushy space about 200 metres away, the place ICE officers positioned him with assist from Iowa State Patrol officers.
Roberts was charged on October 2 with being an unlawful alien in possession of firearms.
“Roberts’ rap sheet and immigration historical past reveal an extended document of prison conduct in the US,” it stated. “He ought to by no means have been serving in a task overseeing youngsters in Iowa’s largest faculty district.”
ICE stated Robert’s prison document contains costs for prison possession of narcotics with intent to promote, prison possession of medication, prison possession of a forgery instrument and possession of a solid instrument in New York on July 3, 1996; a cost, on November 13, 1998, for third-degree unauthorized use of a car in Queens, New York, which was dismissed July 6, 1999; and a November 1, 2012 conviction for reckless driving, unsafe operation and dashing in Maryland.
ICE stated Roberts was charged on February 3, 2020, for second-degree prison possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm exterior his house or enterprise); third-degree prison possession of a gun (an ammunition feeding machine); and fourth-degree weapon costs.
“A doc from February 4, 2020, signifies that the second-degree prison possession cost was inchoate,” ICE stated.
On January 20, 2022, it stated the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania convicted Roberts of illegal possession of a loaded firearm.
On September 26, 2025, ICE stated Roberts was arrested with a Glock 9mm pistol and a fixed-blade searching knife in his possession. He additionally had US$3,000 in money, the immigration enforcement company charged.
On October 2, 2025, it stated Roberts was criminally charged with being an unlawful alien in possession of firearms.
ICE stated Roberts’ immigration historical past contains two visas, 4 inexperienced card functions (for everlasting residency), and “subsequent denials, and a number of other journeys.” ICE acknowledged that Roberts entered the US at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Worldwide Airport in New York on June 1, 1994, on a B-2 non-immigrant visa. He was categorized as “a customer for pleasure”, ICE stated.
It stated Roberts departed the US on “an unknown date however returned earlier than his 1996 arrest for narcotics possession.”
On March 8, 1999, ICE stated Roberts entered the US by way of California’s San Francisco Worldwide Airport as an F-1 scholar visa holder.
ICE acknowledged that the visa was set to run out on March 7, 2004, and that Roberts departed the US on an unspecified date. On June 28, 1999, it acknowledged that Roberts reentered the US by way of San Francisco on the identical F-1 scholar visa and departed the US on an unspecified date.
On August 30, 1999, ICE acknowledged that Roberts reentered the US at JFK Worldwide Airport utilizing the identical scholar visa.
ICE stated Roberts, on February 9, 2000, utilized for employment authorisation, “which US Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) accepted April 5, 2000, with an expiration date of April 1, 2001.”
On September 4, 2000, ICE acknowledged that Roberts left the US from JFK Worldwide Airport and reentered the US on September 30, 2000, on the similar JFK Worldwide Airport on the identical F-1 scholar visa.
On Could 21, 2001, ICE stated Roberts filed a inexperienced card software with USCIS, “which the company rejected January 3, 2003.”
ICE stated, on Could 15, 2018, Roberts filed one other inexperienced card software with USCIS, “which the company once more rejected on Could 30 that yr.”
On June 4, 2018, ICE stated Roberts filed one other inexperienced card software, “which USCIS rejected for the third time on June 20 that yr.”
The immigration enforcement company stated that on July 15, 2018, Roberts filed for employment authorisation paperwork, “which USCIS granted on December 18 that yr, giving the paperwork an expiration date of December 18, 2019.”
On July 16, 2018, ICE acknowledged that Roberts had filed, for the fourth time, a inexperienced card software and that USCIS denied it on January 24, 2020.
On November 18, 2019, ICE acknowledged that he filed one other software for employment authorization paperwork, which USCIS accepted on December 3 of that yr and issued an expiration date of December 18, 2020.
ICE stated Roberts up to date his tackle with USCIS on February 11, 2020. On October 2, 2020, USCIS issued Roberts a discover to seem earlier than an immigration choose.
On Could 22, 2024, “an immigration choose in Dallas, Texas, ordered Roberts eliminated in absentia.” On April 24, 2025, an immigration choose in Dallas denied Roberts’ movement to reopen his case.
ICE officers arrested Roberts in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 26, 2025. “He’s now in US Marshals custody and will likely be prosecuted for his latest crimes,” ICE stated.
“On the time of his arrest, Roberts was working because the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Colleges, regardless of being an unlawful alien with a closing order of removing and no work authorization,” it added.
Throughout a focused enforcement operation on September 26, 2025, ICE stated its officers approached Roberts in his car, and after figuring out himself, he sped away.
“Officers later found his car deserted close to a wooded space,” it stated. “State Patrol assisted in finding the topic, and he was taken into ICE custody.”
ICE stated the investigation into how Roberts acquired the handgun is being turned over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). “It’s a violation of federal regulation for these within the US with out authorized standing to own a firearm and ammunition,” ICE stated.
Sam Olson, ICE’s Enforcement and Removing Operations St. Paul Area Workplace Director, stated: “This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a car offered by Des Moines Public Colleges after fleeing federal regulation enforcement. This could function a wake-up name for our communities to acknowledge the good work that our officers do every single day to take away public security threats.
“How this unlawful alien was employed with out work authorisation, a closing order of removing, and a previous weapons cost is past comprehension and will alarm the mother and father of that faculty district,” Olson added.
