The former Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools Superintendent who was illegally living in the US as an ICE fugitive is a registered Democrat and received mail-in ballots in Maryland.
ICE agents last Friday arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools – an illegal alien from Guyana with a prior weapons arrest.
According to Fox News, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts was an active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. As soon as ICE agents identified themselves, Roberts fled in his car and sped off. He then abandoned his car and fled on foot. Federal agents found him hiding in shrubbery and took him into custody.
Agents found a loaded handgun and a fixed-blade hunting knife in Roberts’ vehicle.
BREAKING: A senior ICE official tells @FoxNews that today, ICE arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts, who ICE says is an illegal alien from Guyana & and active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. Fox is told Dr.… pic.twitter.com/623WGDpqZb
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 26, 2025
Fox News reported that ICE agents recovered a loaded Glock 19 in Roberts’ vehicle.
Photo of the gun recovered by ICE agents in Dr. Robert’s vehicle today, per senior ICE official. FOX is told it was a loaded Glock 19. pic.twitter.com/Cu7fqVqusM
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 26, 2025
Arrest photo released by federal law enforcement:
ICE arrest photo pic.twitter.com/DScGqx6WWE
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 26, 2025
Ian Roberts has been receiving mail-in ballots at his Maryland address since 2020 – and of course, he’s a registered Democrat.
Fox News reported:
After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.
According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.
Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan explained that there is nothing in Maryland law allowing for non-citizens to be registered to vote in federal or state elections even if Roberts were still a legal resident.
BREAKING: Former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has been receiving mail-in ballots at his Maryland address since 2020, per The Iowa Standard.
The @MDFreedomCaucus is demanding answers on how an illegal alien was registered to vote as a Democrat in their elections. pic.twitter.com/uskPc2dthV
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 30, 2025