(Des Moines, IA ) — The superintendent of the largest public school district in Iowa is being detained by ICE at Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs. The school board confirms Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts is being held, but adds it does not have confirmed information on why Roberts was detained. At approximately 8:45 a.m. Friday morning, the Iowa Department of Public Safety received a mutual aid request to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in locating Roberts who fled from a traffic stop initiated by their agents. WOI-TV says Dr. Roberts’ parents are immigrants from Guyana, and he grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He became head of Des Moines public schools in 2023.
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