We changed the title to make it more factually accurate and descriptive. It was initially entitled, "BREAKING: Olympian mid-distance runner from Guyana kidnapped by ICE?!!" Here is a 2nd article that says he lied about having a PHD from Morgan State and having attended MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He also lied about having been honored by the George Washington University as its District of Columbia "Principal of the Year."
Court records in Pennsylvania show that Roberts pleaded guilty in January 2022 to a minor infraction for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm in a vehicle, and was fined $100 plus court costs.
This is the justification ICE is using to remove him. Carrying a handgun and cash is not a crime.
There is simply no justification for deportation. He's been in the US for 30 years. You're ruining his life, for what??
second amendment is for me and not for thee.
If you're not a citizen you can be deported for a crime...moran
If you're not a citizen you can be deported for a crime...moran
One doesn’t need to commit a crime to be subject to an order of removal. Criminal proceedings are separate from immigration proceedings.
As a practical matter commission of crimes - including commonly occurring ones like DUI - alert immigration authorities as to targets for enforcement. Trying to diminish or explain whatever crimes this guy may have committed really isn’t relevant.
It seems the media doesn’t have the timeline nailed down yet. It appears Roberts gained additional education after Coppin State. So query at what point did his student visa expire? Query whether he had a different source of immigration authorization as well. All we know is Roberts was subject to a final order of removal in 2024.
My limited understanding of immigration law is that defenses to visa overstays are challenging. In many cases it is better to go back home and try to enter legally. But there often are extensive waiting periods. But not facing these issues means negative consequences. I am still puzzled why he did not retain counsel years before his removal order.
🚨 I have confirmed from Maryland Freedom Caucus Chairman, @MattMorgan29A (R) that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has been a registered voter in Maryland since 2012.
HOLY CRAP! ICE just arrested Superintendent of Des Moines Iowa schools Ian Andre Roberts - an illegal alien from GUYANA who's had a deportation order since *May 2024.* HOW ON EARTH did he ever become superintendent of a school district? Roberts reportedly fled agents and was found with a loaded gun and a knife, per @BillMelugin_ / Fox News This is the LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IOWA.
It seems the OP conveniently left out the above information.
Kidnapped defined:
"Kidnapping or abduction is the "UNLAWFUL" abduction and confinement of a person against their will".
Check me on this, entering the United States (or any country for that matter) without proper legal documentation is ILLEGAL, otherwise defined as "Breaking the Law". Entering the United States (or any country for that matter) with the proper legal documentation is LEGAL and is not "Breaking the Law". So far, so good? When someone "Breaks the Law" which is ILLEGAL, and law enforcement (Police, ICE, etc...) apprehend, abduct, take into custody, etc.. is NOT unlawful.
Did I miss something here? Is this rocket science? Why can't the left understand this? Just because Ian Andre Roberts has a respectable job ( I don't know how), and is probably a good guy, doesn't remove or eliminate the fact the he is in the United States ILLEGALLY.
He was the superintendent for Des Moines public schools. Now he is being held without cause.
without cause? Entered the USA in 1999 illegally, overstayed his work visa & was court ordered to leave in 2024 and apparently doesn't know where he was born LOL
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Good thing we are deporting people that have lived here for years, have jobs, are paying taxes, and have made positive impacts on society.
So what exactly was the issue for him to go through the residency process and get his green card like hundreds of thousands of immigrants to this country do and have done for decades? What exactly is so special about him that he didn't have to spend the time, the money, go through the nerves and anxiety of the waiting period like everyone else? This is the thing - you make him out to be some kind of hero but really he is just flipping the middle finger to all those people that have done it the right way.
People like you are just amusing. So how exactly would like to see laws in this country upheld? Just pick and choose which ones we uphold? No of course you don't believe that at all do you. You're just an anemic little pleaser that has been socially acculturated to write comments like this you think makes you a "good citizen upholding democracy" - am I right? Yeah I thought so. You know that this guy was wrong. You know this guy bought this on him himself. You know that like every other nation on the planet does, the United States of America also needs an immigration policy because if it didn't this country would collapse within a decade.
But please, continue writing rubbish on messageboards you don't believe if it makes you feel good about yourself or absolves you of any shame you've had in your life. Heck even if it just makes you feel smarter (which you're not). Absolute smoker.
HOLY CRAP! ICE just arrested Superintendent of Des Moines Iowa schools Ian Andre Roberts - an illegal alien from GUYANA who's had a deportation order since *May 2024.* HOW ON EARTH did he ever become superintendent of a school district? Roberts reportedly fled agents and was found with a loaded gun and a knife, per @BillMelugin_ / Fox News This is the LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IOWA.
Hey "trump2028", go back to 4chan. We don't want kings in America.
The great part about America is anyone can come here to live the American dream.
Anyone can come here?
This has never been the policy of the usa in its history...well until the Obama biden years.
Kidnapped is a strong word. Guy never got citizenship. Could have joined the military when he was younger like the Kenyans. Could have tried to get naturalized. Never did. Lied on some applications. Got caught with weapons twice that he could not legally possess. Guy is not without blame for the situation he finds himself in.
I am not from the US, but I find it hilarious you can be in the US illegally and still be able to: work ; pay taxes ; have a driver's licence ; vote. Like, what can't you do?
I must be missing something, because any of the above will immediately get you flagged in Europe. Are US federal or state services not communicating at all?
He should be thanking his lucky stars that he is being "held". In a just world, invaders would be hung.
Unless youre full blooded cherokee got bad news for ya
Soooo... About that. How far are you willing to go back, because it looks like there were humans in Central and South America before the passage through the Bering Strait opened up. Wonder what happened to them?
ZERO white foreigners being chased down by ICE, humm guess 100% of them from European Countries are here legally. Just like troops being sent to so-called blue states, when the worst city on the US and one of the worst for crimes in the entire WORLD, is in a red state of Tennessee, Memphis.
, When idiot(s) lectured general's like they were 22 year old 2lt"s about making only blue states training grounds, what about Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana, etc, and this list is from a conservative news paper.
; it seems like crime is evenly spread out between red and blue so if you are going to send in the troops don't for get the red. Oh and by the way when you dos end in the troops don't do what you did in DC and have them picking up trash around monuments, and neglecting the most dangerous Hoods. Are these NG troops actually to afraid to venture into the hood?
It is entirely possible that ICE is lying about the situation, and this could be another case of an innocent person facing deportation to El Salvador.
I think Roberts may be losing the benefit of the doubt. He lied about having a PHD from Morgan State and having attended MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He also lied about having been honored by the George Washington University as its District of Columbia "Principal of the Year."
Yet somehow he was hired as the superintendent of an Iowa school district? How in the world did that happen?
PS. I do think dramatizing his arrest as if he's some violent guy is not good.
PPS. Local 5 searched the Maryland Board of Elections website and found that Roberts was registered to vote in Maryland in 2017. You must be a U.S. citizen in order to vote.
