Undocumented immigrant manages to evade criminal charges, deportations become head of school district voter reg dcps job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

You don’t get it. It isn’t about Trump or non-Trump voters. Back in my day, DEI was affirmative action. Quality institutions realized that affirmative action was in one sense little different from other initiatives. An organization had to do it well. This meant making the program part of a high performance culture, with high, but reasonable standards and expectations.

So look at DEI today. Des Moines, admittedly a singular example, possessed little of the healthy skepticism that employers in key positions should have towards resumes. The school knew he fabricated his Morgan State PhD, yet allowed Roberts to continue with the process. The rub is that there are quite a few minority educators with actual credentials to choose from. A good thing of course. Some with good records in mid size urban environments. If a PhD is required or preferred, those candidates exist too - more PhD’s are awarded to minorities than any other field of study. Now whether a district can get a certain candidate to come to Des Moines is another matter but there should be no diminishment of a high standard high performance culture.

If DEI is to survive it must be approached with the same rigor as other endeavors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

Multiple settlements occurred in districts that employed him. If proper vetting had been done, these would have been uncovered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t care about this nearly as much as i care about having a psychotic administration as our country’s leadership

This situation shows exactly why people are concerned. We’re not talking about someone quietly living under the radar. This person had prior gun charges, deportation orders, and still managed to get public school jobs, register to vote, and even move into leadership positions.

ICE’s own public release details nearly thirty years of criminal and immigration violations across multiple states. The record includes narcotics and firearm offenses, repeated visa entries, four denied Green Card applications, and a deportation order issued in 2024 that was never enforced. Despite all that, he continued to move in and out of the country, teach and work for DC and Maryland public school systems, and eventually become a superintendent in Iowa.

According to Maryland state records cited by Fox Baltimore and WJLA, he also appeared on voter rolls in Maryland. If those records are accurate, that means someone with that kind of history was able to hold taxpayer-funded positions and even register to vote while under a removal order.

That is not a paperwork error. It is decades of missed enforcement, failed background checks, and a total breakdown in communication between federal and state agencies.

If someone this visible, with that long of a record, could keep passing through the system undetected, imagine how many others with lower profiles are slipping through in less visible jobs or positions of trust. This should concern anyone who cares about law, safety, and accountability.

Criminal / Weapon-related charges & incidents

July 3, 1996: Charged in New York with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, possession of a forged instrument, and related forgery charges.

Nov. 13, 1998: Charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York; that charge was dismissed July 6, 1999.

Nov. 1, 2012: Convicted in Maryland of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding.

Feb. 3, 2020: Charged with several firearm offenses, including second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business), third-degree criminal possession (an ammunition feeding device), and fourth-degree weapon charges.

Jan. 20, 2022: Convicted in Pennsylvania of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE while serving as superintendent. Authorities found a Glock 9mm pistol, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash in his vehicle.

Oct. 2, 2025: Formally charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

Immigration history, visa, removal orders & filings

June 1, 1994: Entered U.S. on a B-2 visitor visa via JFK.

March 8, 1999: Entered U.S. on an F-1 student visa.

Over the years: Multiple entries, stays, and departures under that and related visas.

May 21, 2001: Filed a Green Card (lawful permanent residence) application. That application was denied January 3, 2003.

May 15, 2018: Filed a second Green Card application; denied May 30, 2018.

June 4, 2018: Filed a third Green Card application; USCIS denied it June 20, 2018.

July 15, 2018: Filed for employment authorization, which was approved December 18, 2018 (valid until December 18, 2019).

Nov. 18, 2019: Filed another employment authorization application; approved December 3, 2019 (expired December 18, 2020).

Oct. 2, 2020: USCIS issued a Notice to Appear (NTA), beginning removal proceedings.

May 22, 2024: Immigration judge in Dallas issued a removal order in absentia (he did not appear).

April 24, 2025: His motion to reopen the removal case was denied by that judge.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE in Des Moines, under that existing removal order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

You don’t get it. It isn’t about Trump or non-Trump voters. Back in my day, DEI was affirmative action. Quality institutions realized that affirmative action was in one sense little different from other initiatives. An organization had to do it well. This meant making the program part of a high performance culture, with high, but reasonable standards and expectations.

So look at DEI today. Des Moines, admittedly a singular example, possessed little of the healthy skepticism that employers in key positions should have towards resumes. The school knew he fabricated his Morgan State PhD, yet allowed Roberts to continue with the process. The rub is that there are quite a few minority educators with actual credentials to choose from. A good thing of course. Some with good records in mid size urban environments. If a PhD is required or preferred, those candidates exist too - more PhD’s are awarded to minorities than any other field of study. Now whether a district can get a certain candidate to come to Des Moines is another matter but there should be no diminishment of a high standard high performance culture.

If DEI is to survive it must be approached with the same rigor as other endeavors.

You do know that DEI benefitted white women more than any other minority group????

Also, everyone is projecting that there were better candidates and ignoring that they used a headhunter, who had supposedly vetted him. Further, there don't seem to be any complaints. In fact, I've seen Iowans posting on FB that they were going to have to handle this wrt to children (who would be traumatized by his departure) and many disagreeing with his abrupt firing, wanting to verify everything through due process first.

Everyone thinks some magical white woman or man would have been better for this position, but we don't know. Not one person has presented on this thread any performance issues he had. Yes, they were bamboozled. It happens. It's wrong to say in the one instance that DEI needs to be reformed. Nothing needs to be reformed because of a single charlatan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t care about this nearly as much as i care about having a psychotic administration as our country’s leadership

This situation shows exactly why people are concerned. We’re not talking about someone quietly living under the radar. This person had prior gun charges, deportation orders, and still managed to get public school jobs, register to vote, and even move into leadership positions.

ICE’s own public release details nearly thirty years of criminal and immigration violations across multiple states. The record includes narcotics and firearm offenses, repeated visa entries, four denied Green Card applications, and a deportation order issued in 2024 that was never enforced. Despite all that, he continued to move in and out of the country, teach and work for DC and Maryland public school systems, and eventually become a superintendent in Iowa.

According to Maryland state records cited by Fox Baltimore and WJLA, he also appeared on voter rolls in Maryland. If those records are accurate, that means someone with that kind of history was able to hold taxpayer-funded positions and even register to vote while under a removal order.

That is not a paperwork error. It is decades of missed enforcement, failed background checks, and a total breakdown in communication between federal and state agencies.

If someone this visible, with that long of a record, could keep passing through the system undetected, imagine how many others with lower profiles are slipping through in less visible jobs or positions of trust. This should concern anyone who cares about law, safety, and accountability.

Criminal / Weapon-related charges & incidents

July 3, 1996: Charged in New York with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, possession of a forged instrument, and related forgery charges.

Nov. 13, 1998: Charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York; that charge was dismissed July 6, 1999.

Nov. 1, 2012: Convicted in Maryland of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding.

Feb. 3, 2020: Charged with several firearm offenses, including second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business), third-degree criminal possession (an ammunition feeding device), and fourth-degree weapon charges.

Jan. 20, 2022: Convicted in Pennsylvania of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE while serving as superintendent. Authorities found a Glock 9mm pistol, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash in his vehicle.

Oct. 2, 2025: Formally charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

Immigration history, visa, removal orders & filings

June 1, 1994: Entered U.S. on a B-2 visitor visa via JFK.

March 8, 1999: Entered U.S. on an F-1 student visa.

Over the years: Multiple entries, stays, and departures under that and related visas.

May 21, 2001: Filed a Green Card (lawful permanent residence) application. That application was denied January 3, 2003.

May 15, 2018: Filed a second Green Card application; denied May 30, 2018.

June 4, 2018: Filed a third Green Card application; USCIS denied it June 20, 2018.

July 15, 2018: Filed for employment authorization, which was approved December 18, 2018 (valid until December 18, 2019).

Nov. 18, 2019: Filed another employment authorization application; approved December 3, 2019 (expired December 18, 2020).

Oct. 2, 2020: USCIS issued a Notice to Appear (NTA), beginning removal proceedings.

May 22, 2024: Immigration judge in Dallas issued a removal order in absentia (he did not appear).

April 24, 2025: His motion to reopen the removal case was denied by that judge.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE in Des Moines, under that existing removal order.

If only Trump hadn't let so many criminal immigrants stay in the US and authorize them to take jobs from mediocre white men!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

You don’t get it. It isn’t about Trump or non-Trump voters. Back in my day, DEI was affirmative action. Quality institutions realized that affirmative action was in one sense little different from other initiatives. An organization had to do it well. This meant making the program part of a high performance culture, with high, but reasonable standards and expectations.

So look at DEI today. Des Moines, admittedly a singular example, possessed little of the healthy skepticism that employers in key positions should have towards resumes. The school knew he fabricated his Morgan State PhD, yet allowed Roberts to continue with the process. The rub is that there are quite a few minority educators with actual credentials to choose from. A good thing of course. Some with good records in mid size urban environments. If a PhD is required or preferred, those candidates exist too - more PhD’s are awarded to minorities than any other field of study. Now whether a district can get a certain candidate to come to Des Moines is another matter but there should be no diminishment of a high standard high performance culture.

If DEI is to survive it must be approached with the same rigor as other endeavors.

You do know that DEI benefitted white women more than any other minority group????

Also, everyone is projecting that there were better candidates and ignoring that they used a headhunter, who had supposedly vetted him. Further, there don't seem to be any complaints. In fact, I've seen Iowans posting on FB that they were going to have to handle this wrt to children (who would be traumatized by his departure) and many disagreeing with his abrupt firing, wanting to verify everything through due process first.

Everyone thinks some magical white woman or man would have been better for this position, but we don't know. Not one person has presented on this thread any performance issues he had. Yes, they were bamboozled. It happens. It's wrong to say in the one instance that DEI needs to be reformed. Nothing needs to be reformed because of a single charlatan.

You don’t get it. Is having a high performance, rigorous culture, reform? To aver that it is a concession that the current structures are hide bound to mediocrity. Educators will tell you the problems lie largely in the quality of students, although certainly there is room for structural improvement. DEI is no different than any initiative - it needs to be performed well and competently. Is this reform? This guy fooled multiple districts over the years. Maybe he was a really good fraudster. But any rigorous process would have stopped him. Private entities get stung, too, although less often than in the past (transcript or credential fraud is typically spotted quickly). Again, I don’t see avoiding discussions over the externalities of DEI if not done well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t care about this nearly as much as i care about having a psychotic administration as our country’s leadership

This situation shows exactly why people are concerned. We’re not talking about someone quietly living under the radar. This person had prior gun charges, deportation orders, and still managed to get public school jobs, register to vote, and even move into leadership positions.

ICE’s own public release details nearly thirty years of criminal and immigration violations across multiple states. The record includes narcotics and firearm offenses, repeated visa entries, four denied Green Card applications, and a deportation order issued in 2024 that was never enforced. Despite all that, he continued to move in and out of the country, teach and work for DC and Maryland public school systems, and eventually become a superintendent in Iowa.

According to Maryland state records cited by Fox Baltimore and WJLA, he also appeared on voter rolls in Maryland. If those records are accurate, that means someone with that kind of history was able to hold taxpayer-funded positions and even register to vote while under a removal order.

That is not a paperwork error. It is decades of missed enforcement, failed background checks, and a total breakdown in communication between federal and state agencies.

If someone this visible, with that long of a record, could keep passing through the system undetected, imagine how many others with lower profiles are slipping through in less visible jobs or positions of trust. This should concern anyone who cares about law, safety, and accountability.

Criminal / Weapon-related charges & incidents

July 3, 1996: Charged in New York with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, possession of a forged instrument, and related forgery charges.

Nov. 13, 1998: Charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York; that charge was dismissed July 6, 1999.

Nov. 1, 2012: Convicted in Maryland of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding.

Feb. 3, 2020: Charged with several firearm offenses, including second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business), third-degree criminal possession (an ammunition feeding device), and fourth-degree weapon charges.

Jan. 20, 2022: Convicted in Pennsylvania of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE while serving as superintendent. Authorities found a Glock 9mm pistol, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash in his vehicle.

Oct. 2, 2025: Formally charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

Immigration history, visa, removal orders & filings

June 1, 1994: Entered U.S. on a B-2 visitor visa via JFK.

March 8, 1999: Entered U.S. on an F-1 student visa.

Over the years: Multiple entries, stays, and departures under that and related visas.

May 21, 2001: Filed a Green Card (lawful permanent residence) application. That application was denied January 3, 2003.

May 15, 2018: Filed a second Green Card application; denied May 30, 2018.

June 4, 2018: Filed a third Green Card application; USCIS denied it June 20, 2018.

July 15, 2018: Filed for employment authorization, which was approved December 18, 2018 (valid until December 18, 2019).

Nov. 18, 2019: Filed another employment authorization application; approved December 3, 2019 (expired December 18, 2020).

Oct. 2, 2020: USCIS issued a Notice to Appear (NTA), beginning removal proceedings.

May 22, 2024: Immigration judge in Dallas issued a removal order in absentia (he did not appear).

April 24, 2025: His motion to reopen the removal case was denied by that judge.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE in Des Moines, under that existing removal order.

Roberts is a loser. He's a lying con artist who should be deported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Sad that Donald Trump sets your bar for employment standards.

I mean shouldn’t we look to our US president as a barometer of intelligence, expertise, decorum, political savvy, and general transparency and honestly?!?!

You don’t see this as a priority or do you actually believe that Haitians were eating cats and dogs? Or, you don’t care that the man with our nuclear codes believes that he assassinated Saddam Hussein last year after speaking with Hegseth?

Be real. Why do you care more about a superintendent, who by all measures, was apparently doing a decent job?

PP here. I am no Trump supporter and cannot control what he does. I can only vote for his opponents. I'm a longtime educator who believes that we should hire teachers, staff, administrators, and superintendents of the highest moral caliber to lead our school districts and set an example for our impressionable students. Mr. Roberts is a lying, charming con artist.

OMG, you just don’t get it. They thought they were hiring that person. There were no complaints about his job, were there? People usually only know about a charlatan until after he’s hoodwinked you. That is except for Trump because people knew he was a charlatan and that he’d FAILED at his job. And, HE’S A WHITE MAN, so I guess it’s excused.

But sure hold him to a different standard you “non-Trump” voter.

Ifpathetic excuses. Do you work in HR? Hope you're not an educator!!

[Anonymous]

People are like "why did they let him get away with lying about a PhD?" I think a lot of people crash out on the thesis, and don't actually complete, but they imply that they did. I think this is actually way more common than people realize.

Also. I mean, look at him. He’s easily the most fashionable person in Des Moines. The suits, the glasses, the unironic flowers on his lapel. And he's got edgy braids, and a hot accent. Okay, do I have to spell this out for you guys?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are like "why did they let him get away with lying about a PhD?" I think a lot of people crash out on the thesis, and don't actually complete, but they imply that they did. I think this is actually way more common than people realize.

Also. I mean, look at him. He’s easily the most fashionable person in Des Moines. The suits, the glasses, the unironic flowers on his lapel. And he's got edgy braids, and a hot accent. Okay, do I have to spell this out for you guys?

Oh, we get it. We don't approve of their hiring reasons for such an important position.

[Anonymous]

It keeps getting more argregous, he was all working for a consulting firm to promote equity. And was pushing the school to hire the company. How many red flags?

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa/articles/2025-10-09/the-superintendent-arrested-by-ice-had-a-consulting-gig-his-districts-repeatedly-hired-the-firm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just don’t care about this nearly as much as i care about having a psychotic administration as our country’s leadership

This situation shows exactly why people are concerned. We’re not talking about someone quietly living under the radar. This person had prior gun charges, deportation orders, and still managed to get public school jobs, register to vote, and even move into leadership positions.

ICE’s own public release details nearly thirty years of criminal and immigration violations across multiple states. The record includes narcotics and firearm offenses, repeated visa entries, four denied Green Card applications, and a deportation order issued in 2024 that was never enforced. Despite all that, he continued to move in and out of the country, teach and work for DC and Maryland public school systems, and eventually become a superintendent in Iowa.

According to Maryland state records cited by Fox Baltimore and WJLA, he also appeared on voter rolls in Maryland. If those records are accurate, that means someone with that kind of history was able to hold taxpayer-funded positions and even register to vote while under a removal order.

That is not a paperwork error. It is decades of missed enforcement, failed background checks, and a total breakdown in communication between federal and state agencies.

If someone this visible, with that long of a record, could keep passing through the system undetected, imagine how many others with lower profiles are slipping through in less visible jobs or positions of trust. This should concern anyone who cares about law, safety, and accountability.

Criminal / Weapon-related charges & incidents

July 3, 1996: Charged in New York with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, possession of a forged instrument, and related forgery charges.

Nov. 13, 1998: Charged with third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York; that charge was dismissed July 6, 1999.

Nov. 1, 2012: Convicted in Maryland of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding.

Feb. 3, 2020: Charged with several firearm offenses, including second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business), third-degree criminal possession (an ammunition feeding device), and fourth-degree weapon charges.

Jan. 20, 2022: Convicted in Pennsylvania of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE while serving as superintendent. Authorities found a Glock 9mm pistol, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and $3,000 in cash in his vehicle.

Oct. 2, 2025: Formally charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

Immigration history, visa, removal orders & filings

June 1, 1994: Entered U.S. on a B-2 visitor visa via JFK.

March 8, 1999: Entered U.S. on an F-1 student visa.

Over the years: Multiple entries, stays, and departures under that and related visas.

May 21, 2001: Filed a Green Card (lawful permanent residence) application. That application was denied January 3, 2003.

May 15, 2018: Filed a second Green Card application; denied May 30, 2018.

June 4, 2018: Filed a third Green Card application; USCIS denied it June 20, 2018.

July 15, 2018: Filed for employment authorization, which was approved December 18, 2018 (valid until December 18, 2019).

Nov. 18, 2019: Filed another employment authorization application; approved December 3, 2019 (expired December 18, 2020).

Oct. 2, 2020: USCIS issued a Notice to Appear (NTA), beginning removal proceedings.

May 22, 2024: Immigration judge in Dallas issued a removal order in absentia (he did not appear).

April 24, 2025: His motion to reopen the removal case was denied by that judge.

Sept. 26, 2025: Arrested by ICE in Des Moines, under that existing removal order.

Liberals in those states intentionally ignored all the red flags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard for me to care. We have a rapist and felon taking bribes and extorting businesses in the Oval Office who is allllllll through the Epstein Files. Apparently, nothing matters anymore. [/quote

GOP forgot to do its background check. Or maybe the GOP used its updated filter GOP (Guardians of Pedophiles)?

[Anonymous]

While I have to wait on responses to public records requests, the Associated Press has picked up where I left off on the story of Nicole Price’s professional ties to Ian Roberts. (Link to the article in the comments, along with my prior posts on the subject.) Price employed Roberts, and I’ve also heard credible allegations that they were romantically involved.

In September 2023, Roberts proposed that the Des Moines school board award $116,000 in contracts to Price’s consulting firm, Lively Paradox, and another company. According to a district spokesperson, the CFO flagged the apparent conflict of interest and spoke with Roberts about it. Roberts later told board members he was canceling the proposal after receiving “an update from the finance team.” The board says it was unaware of the real reason for the cancellation at the time.

Just a few months later, in December 2023, the district paid Price $6,476 for leading a two-hour exercise at a school board retreat. Roberts approved that smaller payment himself, without board involvement. The AP reports that the board did not learn of Roberts’s relationship with Price until July 2024, when they were again considering hiring her.

The article omits one important detail—the board has said it received a resume from Roberts during his 2023 interview, and every publicly available version of that resume lists Lively Paradox as a past employer.

Board chair Jackie Norris told the AP that concerns of a conflict of interest were addressed with Roberts at that time, which was almost a year after the CFO had spoken to him about the problem. (I question whether these apparent private communications between the board and Roberts on the topic complied with Iowa’s open meetings laws.) “I strongly feel that a review is needed of all expenditures related to the former superintendent,” Norris told the AP.

Price counts several of Roberts’s other former employers—Millcreek Township School District, St. Louis Public Schools, and Aspire Schools—among her own clients. She told the AP she saw nothing improper about her work with Roberts’s employers.

The two also co-authored several self-published books, which Price admitted sold poorly. She said most sales came from Roberts purchasing copies to hand out at conferences. Despite that, she told the AP that Roberts’s wife encouraged her to move forward with a new book project. (A source has told me Price remains in regular contact with Roberts while he is in custody, though I have no way to confirm that.)

Despite her upbeat tone in interviews and continued defense of Roberts, Price has quietly removed references to him—and to their joint projects—from her websites in recent days. Perhaps she’s hoping the publicity will boost her business, but she also appears to be hedging against the risk of standing by an apparent conman and alleged criminal.