Republicans say that illegal immigrant Ian Andre Roberts being registered to vote in Maryland raises serious concerns about the state's voting processes. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo and ICE)
The fresh documents, RITE said in a press release provided to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, show "Roberts affirmatively claimed U.S. citizenship on his voter-registration application, and that Maryland election officials took his word for it." A copy of the unredacted documents reviewed by Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning show Roberts checked the "yes" box when asked "Are you a U.S. citizen?"
Roberts, who first entered the U.S. in 1994, was working as the superintendent of the Des Moines public school district when Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him in September. Roberts was not legally permitted to work in the country after an employment authorization card expired in 2020, Fox News Digital previously reported.
The arrest of an illegal immigrant working in such a high-profile school position shocked conservatives and others, as additional details surrounding his lengthy rap sheet in the U.S. surfaced as journalists and other investigators looked into his history. Amid scrutiny over his past, it was soon discovered that Roberts was listed as a registered Democratic voter in Maryland, where he previously lived.
The Maryland State Board of Elections previously said Roberts did not vote in elections.
The revelation that Roberts checked in the affirmative that he was a U.S. citizen on voter registration documents further opens the door to scrutiny over illegal immigrants potentially voting in elections. RITE pointed to the Maryland Board of Elections previously stating that noncitizens are canceled from registration records after the "State Board of Elections (SBE) or a local board receive information regarding citizenship status by the voter, ‘self-report’ or a report to the jury commissioners" as a cause of concern for Maryland's current voter removal process.
It is unclear why the ICE agents conducted the early morning traffic stop. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Roberts was taken into the U.S. Marshals' custody following his September arrest and is set to be prosecuted, DHS said in October. The federal agency has released the suspect's lengthy history of run-ins with the law that stretch back to 1996, when he was charged with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell in New York.
Most recently, facing charges related to his arrest in September, which included him attempting to flee law enforcement officers, according to DHS. He was found to be in possession of $3,000 in cash, a Glock 9 mm pistol and a hunting knife at the time of his arrest. Roberts was criminally charged on Oct. 2 with being an illegal immigrant in possession of firearms, according to DHS.
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Roberts is no longer employed by the Iowa school system, with the Board of Educational Examiners revoking Roberts' license following his arrest in September.
Fox News Digital reached out to the county and state boards of elections on Tuesday morning for additional comment on Roberts' records, the state's vetting process for noncitizens on voter roles and response to RITE's press release, but did not immediately receive replies.
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