The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools was found with weapons and cash when detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Friday morning, according to statements from ICE.

School district officials and politicians spoke out Friday about the arrest of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts, with some calling for empathy and others appalled that someone with “a prior weapons charge and an active deportation order” was placed in charge of Iowa’s largest school district.

Initially, online information from ICE indicated Roberts had been placed in the Pottawattamie County Jail after his arrest. Later on Friday, however, Roberts’ name and information were no longer searchable on the ICE locator website .

According to a press release from ICE, Roberts was i

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