Federal authorities have added another charge against Ian Roberts, the former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts, already charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms .

Roberts was arrested and detained by ICE on Sept. 26, and he resigned from DMPS the next week.

According to court documents, he was charged Thursday with falsely claiming that he was a US citizen on an employment form.

He "used a false attestation on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9, knowing that the said attestation was false, in that he attested he was a United States Citizen, knowing he was not in fact a United States citizen," federal authorities wrote in an indictment this week.

DMPS hired Roberts in May 2023 and he s

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