Iowa’s largest school district – was detained Friday morning by immigration agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said the educator was in the country illegally and had existing weapon possession charges.

U.S. immigration officials on Friday arrested the superintendent of the public schools system in Des Moines, Iowa, acting on what authorities said was a prior deportation order.

“This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,” ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Pau...