Hundreds of students from Iowa's largest school district left their classrooms Sept. 30 in protest of Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts' arrest by ICE.

WOODBURY COUNTY, Iowa — Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts has been taken into custody by the U.S. Department of Justice and is no longer in custody at Woodbury County Jail, the sheriff's office said in a release. The DOJ took Roberts into custody on a federal warrant for his arrest.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Rep. Zach Nunn says he has received confirmation Dr. Ian Roberts was issued a final removal order.

State education officials have revoked the education license of Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents arrested Roberts on Friday because he was in the country illegally,

A superintendent in Des Moines, Iowa, has been forced to resign after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in late September. Ian Roberts’ attorney announced his immediate resignation as superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in a letter released on Tuesday,

The Department of Justice has initiated an investigation into the Des Moines public school district. The investigation aims to determine if the district's employment practices discriminate based on race,