Officials on Saturday put the leader of Iowa's largest school district on administrative leave, a day after federal immigration agents detained him because they said he was in the country illegally.

The Des Moines school board voted unanimously to place Superintendent Ian Roberts on paid leave during a three-minute-long special meeting. The board said Roberts was not available to carry out his duties for the 30,000-student district and stated that officials would reassess his status after getting more information.

After the meeting, school board president Jackie Norris read a statement, saying word of Roberts' detention Friday made for a "jarring day" but noting that board members still didn't have all the facts.

In a statement on social media , Norris said the school district had

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