DES MOINES, Iowa —

Federal immigration agents have detained the head administrator of Iowa's capital city public schools, the school board said Friday.

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements agents Friday morning, school board president Jackie Norris said in a statement. A spokesperson for the district said they do not have additional information to share at this time.

"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," Norris said in her statement.

Roberts is being booked into the Pottawattamie County jail, according to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee locator as of 1:28 p.m. The jail in Council Bluffs is about 130 miles west of Des Moines.

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