Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested Sept. 26 by ICE.

The Des Moines Public Schools School Board has unanimously voted to put Superintendent Ian Roberts on administrative leave following his arrest by ICE on Sept. 26.

The Des Moines School Board met in closed session Sept. 27 to discuss Roberts' status and then voted in open session to put him on leave.

The board called the special meeting after U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement arrested Roberts on the morning of Sept. 26 for allegedly being in the United States illegally. In May 2024, a court issued a "final order of removal," a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Sept. 26.

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