Regardless of his professional misrepresentations and undocumented status, Roberts provided real hope for kids in his school district, and none of them are better off as a result of his detention. Guest columnist

Patrick Hardy holds a master's degree from the University of Iowa and lives in Cedar Rapids with his wife and three children.

On Sept. 26, the Department of Homeland Security shocked Iowans by announcing the arrest of Ian Roberts, then the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools. Supporters of Roberts, including many children from his school district, flooded the Iowa State Capitol with messages of support. Initial reports of the arrest were unclear about the motive for the arrest, and it was hard to corroborate whether Roberts was indeed not a citizen.

Since that day,

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