Des Moines school board hired illegal alien as *superintendent* of city's school system!

You have no idea how utterly "woke" and anti-American most school boards are, even in smaller cities in flyover country--in Republican states where you'd think "wokies" weren't running the school system..

That's because the Mainstream Media rarely tells you how bad it is.  Reason: The Media slobbers over the Democrat partei, which runs every school board.  So when the boards knowingly hire gays, trannies, communists and illegals to teach, the Media ignores it.

The school board of flyover city Des Moines went one better: they hired an illegal alien invader not just to teach, but as Superintendent of their city's school system--at a staggering $305,000 per year.

The alien would have held that post for 20 years, after which he'd get a lavish, taxpayer-paid pension for the rest of his life.  

And he would have, except ICE arrested him for overstaying his 1999 student visa (thus now illegally in the U.S.) and no green card.  And you can bet he'll hire an attorney to "force" [hahahaha] the wokies who control the Des Moines school board to give him $200,000 in "earned pension" for the two years he was in office.  Count on it.

The headline in the Des Moines Register:

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent arrested by ICE

Today [Sep 26] the superintendent of the entire Des Moines public schools system was arrested by ICE agents for being in the United States illegally, according to federal officials.

In May of last year a court had issued a "final order of removal" to deport Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana and a longtime U.S. resident.

When agents approached Roberts in his city-owned car, identified themselves and asked if he was Ian Roberts, he floored the accelerator and fled.  He abandoned the car and continued to flee on foot into a wooded area.

With help from a police dog and local officers he was soon found.  He was carrying a loaded Glock semiautomatic handgun, $3,000 in cash and a large hunting knife. 

At a news conference, school board president Jackie Norris said "We had no idea Dr. Roberts would be persecuted by Orange Hitler.  As everyone knows, states don't have to obey federal law, especially immigration laws.  We kin hire anyone we want!"

[Of course she might not have used those exact words, but Jimmy Kimmel set the standard on national TV for all to see, which is that liberals can lie with impunity, so we'll play by the same rules, eh?]

DHS says Roberts has prior charges for weapon possession from February of 2020.  The school board said "Dr. Roberts has a previous firearm charge related to a hunting rifle, which he disclosed to the board during the hiring process." 

However, that charge was from 2021 in Pennsylvania.  The Des Moines Register has no information about the charge from 2020 and it was too much trouble to look.

[Of course the article in the Register may not have said exactly that, but the Kimmel rule is still in force--and always will be.  Thanks, Democrat assholes!]

In its written statement the school board said that before naming Roberts as superintendent it hired a third-party to do an extensive background check on him, and that all potential hires are required to verify that they're eligible to work in the U.S.

The board appointed Roberts superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in July 2023. 

The statement adds that "When we hired Dr. Roberts in 2023, the Biden administration must not have known he'd overstayed his student visa from 1999, since if they'd known they would have told us, since everyone who worked for the Biden government was, like, totally honest and trustworthy.  So we relied on that to mean he was a U.S. citizen, thus was entitled to work here.  Plus he submitted the required documents.  So we dindoo nuffin wrong!  We iz totally competent!" 

[Kimmel rule still applies.] 

DHS says Roberts entered the U.S. on a student visa in 1999, and that visa expired when Roberts finished his studies.  

School board president Jackie Norris said Roberts had a valid license from the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners in 2023, just before the Des Moines school board named him superintendent, "So that was good enough for us." 

[Kimmel rule.]

Norris added "We're furious that the tyrant in the White House would have his Gestapo thugs arrest our beloved superintendent.  In a free county we should be able to hire whoever we want, without regard to whether they're here legally.  As the dreamy Gavin Newsom says, states can do whatever they want, regardless of federal law.  So it's likely that our State Board will pay Dr. Roberts' legal fees when he sues Orange Hitler for arresting him!"

[Kimmel rule.]

"We run the schools, so no one can tell us what to do, regardless of federal law.   So we'll continue to let transgender "girls" compete in girls' sports and use girls' dressing rooms because...fairness!  If any of you deplorable parents object, put your girl in a private school.  I don't care because I'll get paid the same regardless."

[Kimmel rule.]

Roberts's equally woke replacement summed up the controversy by saying, "In the words of the great Abraham Lincoln, 'If you paddle together you'll survive the tide. but if you paddle alone you'll probably drown.'  And as we learn more, we chose to paddle together."

Our reporter asked what that meant but didn't get a response.

Superintendent Roberts' supporters react

A group of several black-owned nonprofits said "Dr. Roberts is totally dedicated to diversity and equity.  We stand with him during this uncertain moment."

Alison Hoeman, founder of a local nonprofit called "Des Moines Refugees Support," said her phone “blew up” with texts from friends already looking for ways to support Roberts. 

“The Black and brown kids are terrified," she said. "If the Trump regime wants to deport our dear Dr. Roberts, students of color are scared they may be next."

Mazie Stilwell, head of a liberal group called "Progress Iowa," wailed "No one is safe!  We’re living under a fascist regime because every Iowa Member of Congress has been in lockstep with the MAGA administration that is terrorizing our communities. Orange Hitler has weaponized immigration laws by enforcing them against anyone who disagrees with him, even if they're U.S. citizens!
   Remember, Gavin Newsom said state law overrides federal law!  And since he's a Democrat and governor, he should know!"

[Kimmel rule.] 

Ian Roberts, superintendent of schools for Des Moines, 1999 and today