Iowa Superintendent Resigns After ICE Arrest; DOJ Probes Schools for Race-Based Hiring
1st October 2025
The superintendent of Iowa’s Des Moines Public Schools, Ian Roberts, resigned Monday after being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last Friday on a federal deportation order.
Roberts, 54, a native of Guyana, was already suspended without pay and said through his attorney that he did not want to distract from the education of the district’s 30,000 students while he fights the case.
Attorney Alfredo Parrish said Roberts’ legal team is seeking to reopen the case and obtain a stay of deportation, but federal officials have noted Roberts lacked authorization to live or work in the U.S.