DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Federal immigration authorities took the leader of Iowa’s largest public school district into custody, claiming he is a criminal.

A press release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Dr. Ian Roberts was detained on Friday, Sept. 26.

“ICE Des Moines arrested Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien from Guyana in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife,” stated ICE in a press release. “At the time of his arrest, Roberts was working as the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools despite being an illegal alien with a final order of removal and no work authorization.”

ICE says in Des Moines on Friday, during a “targeted enforcement operation,” officers identified themselves and approached Roberts, who was in hi

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