Overview

• Ian Roberts submitted an immediate resignation through his attorney four days after ICE detained him under a final removal order.
• He remains held at the Woodbury County facility as his lawyers seek a stay in the Omaha immigration court and move to reopen his case, citing a prior attorney’s letter claiming a “successful resolution.”
• ICE alleges he fled a stop and left a district vehicle containing a loaded handgun, a fixed-blade knife, and about $3,000 in cash, and the firearm matter has been referred to the ATF.
• The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked his administrator license, and the Des Moines School Board shifted him to unpaid leave and installed Associate Superintendent Matt Smith as interim leader.
• The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into Des Moines Public Schools’ employment and DEI practices under Title VII, which the district says it is reviewing.