ICE arrests top educator at Iowa's largest school district
In his role as superintendent for the city of Des Moines, Ian Roberts oversees around 30,000 students.
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Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools Ian Andre Roberts was arrested on Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a fugitive warrant. He also faces a firearms offence.
Officials say he is a citizen of Guyana, and that his permit to work in the US expired in 2020. School district officials say they have not been told the circumstances of his arrest, and have called him an integral part of the school community.
It comes amid a wider US crackdown on immigration, as President Donald Trump seeks to deport all illegal migrants.
It is unclear whether Mr Roberts has hired an attorney to speak on his behalf.
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