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Kansas professor detained by ICE after living in U.S. for 30 years granted temporary stay of deporta
Source: NBC News
FEB 8 2018, 6:37 PM ET
Kansas professor detained by ICE after living in U.S. for 30 years granted temporary stay of deportation
by ELIZABETH CHUCK
A Kansas professor who was detained by immigration agents and facing deportation after living in the United States for 30 years has been granted a temporary stay, his attorney said Thursday.
Syed Ahmed Jamal, a father of three, was about to take his daughter to school on Jan. 24 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials showed up on his front lawn in Lawrence, Kansas, and arrested him.
When Jamal's stunned wife tried to hug her husband goodbye, ICE agents stopped her, telling her "that they would arrest her for interference" if she didn't let them take him immediately, his brother, Syed Hussain Jamal, told NBC News earlier this week.
But on Thursday, Rekha Sharma-Crawford, an attorney for Jamal and his family, announced that Jamal had been granted a temporary stay of deportation — meaning he is now allowed to remain in the U.S. while his case is heard by an immigration court.
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Kansas professor detained by ICE after living in U.S. for 30 years granted temporary stay of deportation
by ELIZABETH CHUCK
A Kansas professor who was detained by immigration agents and facing deportation after living in the United States for 30 years has been granted a temporary stay, his attorney said Thursday.
Syed Ahmed Jamal, a father of three, was about to take his daughter to school on Jan. 24 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials showed up on his front lawn in Lawrence, Kansas, and arrested him.
When Jamal's stunned wife tried to hug her husband goodbye, ICE agents stopped her, telling her "that they would arrest her for interference" if she didn't let them take him immediately, his brother, Syed Hussain Jamal, told NBC News earlier this week.
But on Thursday, Rekha Sharma-Crawford, an attorney for Jamal and his family, announced that Jamal had been granted a temporary stay of deportation — meaning he is now allowed to remain in the U.S. while his case is heard by an immigration court.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-professor-detained-ice-after-living-u-s-30-years-n846056
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