An attorney for Ian Roberts, the disgraced superintendent of the Des Moines public schools who has been outed as an illegal alien from Guyana, announced in a press briefing Tuesday that Roberts will be submitting his resignation.
This comes after the school board has placed him on PAID administrative leave from his $305,000 a year job, where he has worked since July 2023.
Roberts’ attorney said Tuesday, “We will today, be sending a letter to the Des Moines school board, authorized by Dr. Roberts, to resign his position as a superintend at Des Moines Public School.”
On Sunday, the State of Iowa sent a letter to Roberts, announcing that since he is not a legal resident of the United States, the state has REVOKED his Iowa Board of Education license, and he is no longer eligible to serve as a school superintendent.
The State of Iowa has revoked Ian Roberts’s license to serve as superintendent.
Will Des Moines Public Schools continue to pay his salary? pic.twitter.com/GGD9wxlKmb
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) September 29, 2025
Civil liberties attorney Laura Powell shared the following:
.@WHO13news ran two stories on an interview they did with Ian Roberts last year. Today they changed both of them.
In one, they originally said he was born in Brooklyn, but now it says, “he did not confirm where he was born when asked.”
In the other—which does not indicate that it has been updated since its initial publication—they changed his place of graduation from Brooklyn to Guyana.
Those are not small errors. If you are the subject of an interview and there are major factual errors, it’s incumbent on you to request a correction. Here, none was made until this story blew up.
.@WHO13news ran two stories on an interview they did with Ian Roberts last year. Today they changed both of them.
In one, they originally said he was born in Brooklyn, but now it says, “he did not confirm where he was born when asked.”
In the other—which does not indicate that… pic.twitter.com/bx614dsZNr
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) September 30, 2025
Townhall columnist Dustin Grage broke the news on Monday that Roberts has been registered to vote in Maryland, as a Democrat, since 2012.
🚨 BREAKING: Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has been registered as a DEMOCRAT since 2012 in Maryland.
My sources close to the law firm representing Des Moines Schools say that the Roberts carries a Maryland ID available to certain visa holders (F, J, or M categories). pic.twitter.com/ZtwfwE3cjv
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 29, 2025
Illegal aliens should never be able to vote in American elections.
It’s common sense. https://t.co/7wh4LBYjY6
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) September 30, 2025
The Maryland State Board of Elections has confirmed that Ian Roberts last voted in an election on April 2, 2025, despite that he was not a U.S. citizen, and had been issued a final order of deportation in 2024.
Maryland State Board of Elections confirms Ian Roberts last voted April 2, 2025. In 2024 he was issued a final order of deportation. pic.twitter.com/c1M67BKU5F
— The Iowa Standard (@IowaStandard) September 30, 2025
‘IT’S RIDICULOUS’: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts, who was arrested by ICE, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. pic.twitter.com/ey0ae5DGiu
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 30, 2025
🚨This criminal illegal alien—with prior weapons charges—was working as the SUPERINTENDENT of Des Moines Public Schools.
ICE Des Moines Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien from Guyana in possession of a loaded handgun.
Roberts has existing weapon possession charges from… pic.twitter.com/sm66OfQkSG
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 27, 2025
NEWS ALERT: Public school superintendent, a criminal illegal alien, arrested by ICE in wild chase
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