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20. so it's about immigration
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:39 PM
Oct 5

...which is why it's in the news, why it was leaked to some conservative site and got picked up by so many news sites.

It's a deliberate hook by NOEM's DHS, advantaged by clickbait journos and people who like to bandy this stuff about immigrants in everyone's face, to make people wary of migrants; and for tiny minds to believe this man either poses a threat to Americans or represents something that can be extrapolated by the fearful to represent the rest of the migrants they're pushing out of the country as similarly threatening.

Misrepresenting credentials is more widespread among Americans, including in this administration. It appears this man not only served the school districts he worked for, he did so with some degree of expertise that's not reflected in the reports of his misrepresentations.

Moreover, it's well known that a shortage of teachers and administrators has led MANY school systems to accomodate less experienced applicants, so I'm not sure to what degree his misrepresentations affected his ability to do the jobs or his performance. Certainly, at some point, he was an experienced administrator.

The immigration crimes appear to be administrative, mixed with questionable citation of his previous charges, like the drug charge in '96 that doesn't have the resolution listed, and the dissmissed one which DHS is now considering some kind of actionable threat.

And the gun possession. Bad, huh?

I'll bet those gun possession charges are conveniently related to his immigration status. Neat.

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I'm guessing there are holes in the system bucolic_frolic Oct 3 #1
Where are the posters that claimed he was framed ? MichMan Oct 5 #2
I admit... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #3
I wasn't referring to "wait and see" as that is the only reasonable thing to do until the facts are known. MichMan Oct 5 #4
It wasn't just his criminal record and work authorization. He lied about his citizenship, his degrees and awards dalton99a Oct 5 #7
the only reason he's in the news and is such an internet interest bigtree Oct 5 #9
egads, he had a gun bigtree Oct 5 #6
Did you miss all the other stuf? pcdb Oct 5 #24
did you miss all of the other replies? bigtree Oct 5 #25
who fucking cares about his immigration violations? bigtree Oct 5 #5
Well it's a tad overblown of a story RandomNumbers Oct 5 #8
You don't think a major school system hiring a superintendent with falsified resume, & criminal history is newsworthy? MichMan Oct 5 #10
not on a political site bigtree Oct 5 #12
Does the TOS restrict posts at DU to only those political in nature? MichMan Oct 5 #14
do they restrict me from expressing my opinion about what's posted? bigtree Oct 5 #15
lol bigtree Oct 5 #13
You still need to be licensed to teach in each state, and Iowa revoked his. MichMan Oct 5 #16
that's life. bigtree Oct 5 #17
If he had actually been deported a year ago when the orders were issued, I doubt it would have even been national news MichMan Oct 5 #19
so it's about immigration bigtree Oct 5 #20
He had a loaded handgun in his city owned vehicle MichMan Oct 5 #22
still not scared bigtree Oct 5 #23
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #30
jesus bigtree Oct 5 #32
Maryland didn't start issuing licenses to non-citizens until 2014... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #33
prove it to me. bigtree Oct 5 #35
He couldn't have... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #36
so he 'conned' himself into a registration that he didn't ever advantage since you say 2012 bigtree Oct 5 #37
Sorry so slow... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #38
so no proof bigtree Oct 5 #39
Maryland doesn't have to do anything SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #40
wow bigtree Oct 5 #41
You can see that he's currently registered... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #42
I don't believe you bigtree Oct 5 #43
How does a major school system not catch someone with a criminal history and falsified resume during the hiring process? W_HAMILTON Oct 5 #28
They hired a third party company to conduct the search for candidates... SickOfTheOnePct Oct 5 #31
Good lord. W_HAMILTON Oct 5 #34
As flawed as the US legal system of justice is, markodochartaigh Oct 5 #26
this dude, who shouldn't be regarded as a bad guy by gun-strapped Iowa bigtree Oct 5 #29
Maybe I'm a little bleary eyed today Sugarcoated Oct 5 #11
Roberts was born in Georgetown, Guyana. Celerity Oct 5 #21
Guyana n/t shanti Oct 5 #27
The "this is why we lose" vibe is strong in parts of this thread. BannonsLiver Oct 5 #18
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