Des Moines attorney Alfredo Parrish spoke with Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts on Saturday morning, Sept. 27, and said Roberts is still in the country after his arrest by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement.

But Parrish, whose Des Moines firm is assisting Roberts and spoke to the Des Moines Register exclusively, said he could not answer more questions as the situation was still developing. Roberts was being held at the Woodbury County Jail after being transferred from Pottawattamie County, according to ICE's website.

The dramatic arrest of Roberts, 54, stirred a wide array of questions in Iowa and across the country, as he appears to be the only U.S. superintendent ICE has arrested in recent history. A Guyana native, he has been a highly respected education leader w

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