DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines public schools chief who's been detained by immigration authorities resigned his position Tuesday while he challenges his looming deportation, his lawyer said.

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The Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities has resigned his position while he challenges his potential deportation

Attorney Alfredo Parrish said his law firm has filed a request for a stay with the federal immigration court in Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of Superintendent Ian Roberts

He said his firm was working on a new motion to reopen Roberts' immigration proceedings, saying he had been under the impression from a prior attorney that the case had been "resolved successfully"

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Roberts la

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