The superintendent of a major Iowa public school district was arrested by ICE officers on Friday, setting off a flurry of starkly partisan comments from state lawmakers. The Department of Homeland Security claimed he had attempted to flee the arresting agents, and had in his vehicle a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a hunting knife.
ICE said Roberts was in the country illegally and had no work authorization. Roberts, who is from Guyana in South America, was considered an ICE fugitive because he was subject to a final removal order issued in 2024, the agency said.
DHS claimed that Roberts also had "existing weapon possession charges" from Feb. 5, 2020, but it was not clear where those charges were allegedly filed, nor whether they had been resolved.
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