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17. that's life.
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:42 PM
Oct 2025

...Interesting hw he wasn't charged with fraud.

His school history was just used in this report to inflame sentiment against him for the charges listed.

NOEM's DHS:

Roberts’ rap sheet and immigration history reveal a long record of criminal conduct in the United States. He should never have been serving in a role overseeing children in Iowa’s largest school district.

“Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien with multiple weapons charges and a drug trafficking charge, should have never been able to work around children,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “When ICE officers arrested this Superintendent, he was in possession of an illegal handgun, a hunting knife, and nearly $3,000 in cash. This criminal illegal alien is now in U.S. Marshals custody and facing charges for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearms. Under Secretary Noem, ICE will continue to arrest the worst of the worst and put the safety of America’s children FIRST.”


This is dripping with the 'illegal alien' shit that's supposed to turn people against him, and is nothing but anti-migrant propaganda.

Now let's talk about the exorbitant salary of the fraud NOEM at DHS who had leaked and pushed this anti-immigrant shit so far that it's ended up here.

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I'm guessing there are holes in the system bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #1
Where are the posters that claimed he was framed ? MichMan Oct 2025 #2
I admit... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #3
I wasn't referring to "wait and see" as that is the only reasonable thing to do until the facts are known. MichMan Oct 2025 #4
It wasn't just his criminal record and work authorization. He lied about his citizenship, his degrees and awards dalton99a Oct 2025 #7
the only reason he's in the news and is such an internet interest bigtree Oct 2025 #9
egads, he had a gun bigtree Oct 2025 #6
Did you miss all the other stuf? pcdb Oct 2025 #24
did you miss all of the other replies? bigtree Oct 2025 #25
who fucking cares about his immigration violations? bigtree Oct 2025 #5
Well it's a tad overblown of a story RandomNumbers Oct 2025 #8
You don't think a major school system hiring a superintendent with falsified resume, & criminal history is newsworthy? MichMan Oct 2025 #10
not on a political site bigtree Oct 2025 #12
Does the TOS restrict posts at DU to only those political in nature? MichMan Oct 2025 #14
do they restrict me from expressing my opinion about what's posted? bigtree Oct 2025 #15
lol bigtree Oct 2025 #13
You still need to be licensed to teach in each state, and Iowa revoked his. MichMan Oct 2025 #16
that's life. bigtree Oct 2025 #17
If he had actually been deported a year ago when the orders were issued, I doubt it would have even been national news MichMan Oct 2025 #19
so it's about immigration bigtree Oct 2025 #20
He had a loaded handgun in his city owned vehicle MichMan Oct 2025 #22
still not scared bigtree Oct 2025 #23
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #30
jesus bigtree Oct 2025 #32
Maryland didn't start issuing licenses to non-citizens until 2014... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #33
prove it to me. bigtree Oct 2025 #35
He couldn't have... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #36
so he 'conned' himself into a registration that he didn't ever advantage since you say 2012 bigtree Oct 2025 #37
Sorry so slow... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #38
so no proof bigtree Oct 2025 #39
Maryland doesn't have to do anything SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #40
wow bigtree Oct 2025 #41
You can see that he's currently registered... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #42
I don't believe you bigtree Oct 2025 #43
How does a major school system not catch someone with a criminal history and falsified resume during the hiring process? W_HAMILTON Oct 2025 #28
They hired a third party company to conduct the search for candidates... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2025 #31
Good lord. W_HAMILTON Oct 2025 #34
As flawed as the US legal system of justice is, markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #26
this dude, who shouldn't be regarded as a bad guy by gun-strapped Iowa bigtree Oct 2025 #29
Maybe I'm a little bleary eyed today Sugarcoated Oct 2025 #11
Roberts was born in Georgetown, Guyana. Celerity Oct 2025 #21
Guyana n/t shanti Oct 2025 #27
The "this is why we lose" vibe is strong in parts of this thread. BannonsLiver Oct 2025 #18
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