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MadameButterfly

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66. If this is true of course there's no hope

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 08:44 AM

22 hrs ago

and maybe if it's not true. I'm not trusting anything out of DHS or ICE these days. I wonder if a reliable source will weigh in.

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This is the man that ICE just detained. Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader [View all] sheshe2 Friday OP

Bastards orangecrush Friday #1

A dangerous criminal, no doubt 🙃 Deuxcents Friday #2

That article about the foot race is great. How is he Superintendent and ICE is stiffing around for him? underpants Friday #3

There is an article in LBN. sheshe2 Friday #5

I've not read anywhere... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #9

I struck that in my comment. sheshe2 Friday #11

Early info is always so iffy n/t SickOfTheOnePct Friday #13

That quote is ambiguous. Referring to Amendment 14, if he was born in Brooklyn, regardless of flashman13 Friday #18

Yes, I'm aware of how birthright citizenship works SickOfTheOnePct Friday #19

I am certainly not implying that you are not. My point was that the existing information is ambiguous. flashman13 Friday #20

Statement by Des Moines board president Jackie Norris MichMan 8 hrs ago #84

Yep, I saw that after I had posted previously SickOfTheOnePct 8 hrs ago #85

I edited after I saw your comment, to include the statement by the Des Moines board president MichMan 7 hrs ago #86

They're laying it at the feet of the vetting company... SickOfTheOnePct 7 hrs ago #87

Didn't he compete in the Olympics for Guyana? MadameButterfly 23 hrs ago #61

Not necessarily. IL Dem 20 hrs ago #71

I'm aware of a female ice dancer MadameButterfly 20 hrs ago #72

And he is a Guyanese citizen... SickOfTheOnePct 19 hrs ago #73

of course. Except there are some people MadameButterfly 16 hrs ago #79

Yes SickOfTheOnePct 16 hrs ago #80

One presumes. maxsolomon Friday #6

ICE claims... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #10

If that's true then he's fucked. A 2024 Final Removal Order would have come under Biden. maxsolomon Friday #16

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Friday #17

Regarding the weapons charge. Riberts says he was deer hunting and had his rifle BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #45

That was from 2022 SickOfTheOnePct Friday #48

This is important MadameButterfly 23 hrs ago #62

DHS states that he had a loaded handgun when he was detained MichMan 22 hrs ago #64

ICE also claims... SickOfTheOnePct 22 hrs ago #65

If this is true of course there's no hope MadameButterfly 22 hrs ago #66

I'm thinking they may have the wrong Ian Roberts from Guyana... SickOfTheOnePct 22 hrs ago #68

It is a body count. 3,000 daily. Consequences and results be damned. underpants Friday #15

IF they have the right guy... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #7

" deportation order from 2024, and an outstanding weapons charge" KS Toronado Friday #12

entered US on student visa, No work authorization. he was living on borrowed time. BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #21

Sure sounds like it SickOfTheOnePct Friday #24

undocumented, no work authorization, removal order. He may be a great guy but it's amazing he was hired. BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #22

Yep Lifeafter70 Friday #41

School says he completed the I9 form, where you deckare legal to work in US BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #46

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Friday #49

Abolish ICE. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #4

I don't believe a GD word ICE says at this point! n/t ReRe Friday #25

Hopefully he has a lawyer... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #36

Better yet... Dark n Stormy Knight 17 hrs ago #77

In Russia they would feel right at home. Dave Bowman 16 hrs ago #78

Kick dalton99a Friday #8

"in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife" KS Toronado Friday #14

Except for the $3,000 cash markodochartaigh Friday #26

In Iowa Bettie Friday #27

IF he is here illegally... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #29

Im not understanding Riberta timeline, in US as student in 99, competed in Olympics for Guyana in 2000 BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #47

It's not uncommon for a foreign-born athlete to represent their native country if they still have citizenship of dalton99a 22 hrs ago #70

The republican American Gestapo at work. republianmushroom Friday #23

what an Endearing story of Ian Roberts Cha Friday #28

To those trying to establish the guilt of this man: why would you believe anything ICE says? Hekate Friday #30

Thank you for this Hekate. sheshe2 Friday #32

Right, Alex Padilla, going about his lawful business as a US Senator. Thugs. Lawless, sadistic, thugs. Hekate Friday #35

I remember watching the videos as he was tackled to the floor. sheshe2 Friday #39

... Less Than Zero Crediblity... Damn Shame If The Whole Organization 'Melted'... Damn Shame... Big Tears... MayReasonRule Friday #33

They could be lying about the loaded gun, the knife, & the cash... SickOfTheOnePct Friday #37

And? If he doesn't have his naturalization papers to hand, why do they need so badly to lie abt all else? Hekate Friday #40

I'm not saying they should lie or need to lie SickOfTheOnePct Friday #42

Any idea how much a "good immigration lawyer" costs? My husband is naturalized... Hekate Friday #43

He's making close to $300k/year, he can afford a good attorney SickOfTheOnePct Friday #44

So the option of lawsuits makes it all right in your mind? Bcs that's what I hear you saying... Hekate Yesterday #50

I never said it was no biggie SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #51

Your last paragraph includes the truth ReRe Yesterday #53

Thank you for getting it. Any person on our soil is Constitutionally entitled to due process... Hekate Yesterday #57

It must be hard for you . ReRe Yesterday #59

There is one flooding the thread. Kingofalldems 22 hrs ago #67

School superintendent? This is Nazi Germany shit. Joinfortmill Friday #31

Any black-faced person who is a HERO some_of_us_are_sane Friday #34

"40 acres and a mule" is what it sounds like to me. n/t ReRe Yesterday #54

Precisely. some_of_us_are_sane 23 hrs ago #60

If life survives the next 20 years, surviving humans need to remember stuff like this so it doesn't happen again 0rganism Friday #38

Is anyone keeping a collection of all of the folks ICE is doccumented to have taken quakerboy Yesterday #52

IMO, Ice needs to be publishing ReRe Yesterday #55

Given the number of folks, including citizens quakerboy Yesterday #56

You're right. ReRe Yesterday #58

It would certainly be great if there was a running record of All the incidents carried out by ICE. riversedge 19 hrs ago #76

Once we get back control in 2029, need to abolish ICE, prohibit all deportations, & repatriate any deported since 2017. MichMan 22 hrs ago #63

Oh sarcasm. Kingofalldems 22 hrs ago #69

and that there will be elections in 2028 WhiteTara 19 hrs ago #74

So you're telling me that this man who has served in various positions in education indusurb 19 hrs ago #75

Fuck this administration. Fuck this administration. Fuck this administration. Initech 16 hrs ago #81

This is how Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #82

It's all really strange SickOfTheOnePct 15 hrs ago #83