Superintendent of Iowa's largest school district has become a political lightening rod

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Des Moines Public School Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts faces deportation after his arrest by ICE.

Immigration advocacy groups state that the charges make his chances of remaining in the U.S. extremely difficult.

Supporters highlight his positive impact on the community, while critics and some lawmakers question his hiring.

With an alleged weapons charge, a firearm citation and a loaded gun reportedly found in his vehicle, any immigrant arrested after a judge ordered him deported would have an extremely difficult, if not impossible, chance of remaining in the U.S. — regardless of who is president, immigration advocacy organizations say.

That Des Moines Public School Superinten

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