From: harry.balzak@cana.duh   
      
   In 2023, the Des Moines School Board appointed Ian Andre Roberts as   
   Superintendent of Schools, granting him one of the most lucrative contracts   
   in Iowa public education.   
      
   His base salary began at $270,000. In a state where teachers routinely earn   
   less than $50,000, that figure alone should have drawn scrutiny.   
      
   But what makes this case far more disturbing is not the salary, but the man   
   who received it. Roberts was an illegal immigrant with a criminal   
   record that stretched back decades.   
      
   The Department of Homeland Security has now released the full timeline of   
   Roberts’ immigration and criminal history.   
      
   Roberts first entered the United States in 1994 on a tourist visa. By 1996, he   
   was arrested in New York for narcotics possession with intent to   
   sell, forgery, and possession of a forged instrument.   
      
   Two years later, he was charged in Queens for unauthorized use of a vehicle.   
   None of this prevented him from reentering the country multiple   
   times on student visas, filing for work permits, and applying repeatedly for   
   permanent residency.   
      
   Those applications were denied—again and again. In 2001, in 2018, in 2020.   
      
   Yet Roberts remained, moving through the system while adding new offenses to   
   his record. In 2012, he was convicted in Maryland for reckless   
   driving.   
      
   In 2020, he faced weapons charges in New York. In 2022, he was convicted in   
   Pennsylvania for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm.   
      
   Then, in September 2025, he was arrested in Des Moines with a Glock 9mm, a   
   hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash. He has since been charged as an   
   illegal alien in possession of firearms.   
      
   How could such a man be entrusted with the education of more than 30,000 Iowa   
   students?   
      
   The answer lies with the Des Moines School Board. Either they failed to   
   perform basic due diligence, or they knew and deliberately looked the   
   other way.   
      
   Both explanations are equally damning.   
      
   At the center of the scandal is Jackie Norris, the Board Chair who oversaw   
   Roberts’ appointment.   
      
   Norris is not a career educator detached from politics. She is a longtime   
   Democrat operative who previously served as Chief of Staff to First   
   Lady Michelle Obama.   
      
   That fact alone calls into question whether Roberts was hired based on   
   merit—or because political loyalty mattered more than integrity.   
      
   The evidence is overwhelming. Roberts’ criminal record and immigration   
   violations made him unfit for any public leadership role.   
      
   Yet he was elevated to one of the most powerful education posts in Iowa. For   
   that, the entire Des Moines School Board must resign.   
      
   Iowa families deserve leaders who follow the law, not officials who break it.   
      
   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/illegal-alien-hired-as-   
   uperintendents-criminal-records-just/   
      
   The Democrat's destruction of America continues.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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