"Free Dr. Roberts," hundreds of protesters chanted in the heart of Iowa's capital Friday afternoon.

The crowd gathered to oppose Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts' arrest by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement Friday, Sept. 26.

Throughout the two-hour protest, motorists honked their cars in solidarity as they passed the corner of Second Avenue and Locust Street, where protesters lined up outside the Neal Smith Federal Building to express their outrage over Roberts' arrest for allegedly being in the United States illegally.

Angie McKinley, a 27-year-old Des Moines Public Schools teacher who lives in West Des Moines, called his arrest "disgusting" and "heartbreaking."

"When they do something like this, it really does send a message to our community and to our studen

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