A public school superintendent faces deportation.

The Secretary of War dishes out some long overdue fat shaming and a preview of the most important cases about to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

All that and more to the Kyliecast. I am Kylie Griswold managing editor at The Federalist.

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you can do so at Radio at the Federalist.com. I would love to hear from you. A couple of

crazy and seemingly unrelated stories have my

attention this week, but it turns out they are not completely disconnected. First is the absolutely

insane case of Ian Roberts, an illegal immigrant who somehow became the superintendent of

Des Moines Public Schools, which is the largest school district in Iowa.

Roberts was arrested by immigration and customs enforcement on Friday, and the details of

the case are truly wild. According to ICE, Roberts came to the U.S. in 1999 on a student visa.

So more than 25 years ago. Fast forward to 2020, and he becomes the

superintendent of a school district in Pennsylvania. That was also the year he was charged with

illegal weapons possession because he had a firearm, even though people here without legal

status can't legally possess a gun or ammo. It's against federal law.

So he works in this Pennsylvania district for about three years. And then in 2023, he was secretly

elected behind closed doors to be the first person of color to lead the Des Moines School District.

This is despite the fact that he's an illegal immigrant without work authorization.

Mind you, the Des Moines District contains more than 30,000 students. So in other words, tens of

thousands of students were under the care and direction of an illegal alien. So finally, in May

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