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By now, many who initially defended Ian Roberts have since learned more of the details about the disgraced (former) superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools and have reevaluated their support.

In a shock that reverberated nationwide, Roberts was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sept. 26. The Guyanese native and superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district was, it turns out, living in the U.S. illegally.

Wow.

Nevertheless, a few are still championing Roberts’ cause.

Students walk out in support of Roberts

On Wednesday, by which time even more troubling details of Roberts’ history were made public, hundreds of students from five Des Moines high schools staged wa

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