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ICE Detains Des Moines School Superintendent Ian Roberts

HeadlineSep 29, 2025

In other immigration news, ICE has detained the superintendent of schools in Des Moines, Iowa’s largest school district. Ian Roberts had led the school district since 2023. The Department of Homeland Security claimed Roberts did not have work authorization. Profiles of Roberts say he was raised in the United States to immigrant parents from Guyana but in some interviews Roberts has described Guyana as his “birthplace.”

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