Overview

• The school board voted Tuesday night to accept Ian Roberts’ resignation, days after Iowa’s licensing board revoked his administrator credential and the district moved him to unpaid leave.
• ICE says Roberts is in the U.S. unlawfully under a final removal order and reports he fled before arrest; agents say they recovered a loaded handgun, a fixed-blade knife, and roughly $3,000 in cash.
• Roberts is being held at the Woodbury County Jail while his attorney seeks a stay of removal and moves to reopen his immigration case in the Omaha immigration court.
• The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into Des Moines Public Schools over alleged race-based employment practices under Title VII.
• ATF is examining the firearm found during the arrest, and state and congressional reviews are scrutinizing the district’s vetting after Roberts attested to U.S. citizenship on his I-9 and a law firm reported no red flags.