Overview

• ICE says Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national and Des Moines schools chief, was apprehended in Iowa after allegedly fleeing agents and was found with a loaded handgun, a fixed-blade knife, and $3,000 in cash in a district vehicle.
• According to ICE, Roberts overstayed a student visa dating to 1999, received a final removal order in May 2024, and has a 2020 weapons possession charge.
• Media outlets report a Maryland voter registration entry that matches Roberts’ name, birth date, and an address linked through a 2024 traffic citation, with the listing shown as Democratic.
• Maryland’s State Board of Elections says it cannot disclose an individual’s registration status, reports no voting history for that name in public records, and notes that unintentional ineligible registration is not a crime.
• The elections administrator has not released voter rolls requested by the Justice Department and has sought clarification on whether the data would be used for immigration enforcement.