DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- All state government departments will soon be required to verify a person’s eligiblity before that person can become an employee.

Tuesday afternoon, Governor Kim Reynolds announced in a news release that she issued an executive order that mandates the new hiring policy.

This action comes 12 days after the arrest of Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts by federal immigration agents.

The Department of Homeland Security later reported that Roberts, a native of Guyana, had been living and working in the country illegally after failing to leave the country following an immigration judge’s 2024 deportation order.

Roberts also faces federal charges of unlawfully possessing weapons.

Ian Roberts’ Background

The Des Moines School

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