A Pakistani man arrested for immigration violations during investigation into the failed Times Square bombing plot will soon be released after a judge in Boston ruled that there was no reason to keep him behind bars.
Immigration Judge Brenda O'Malley reinstated the $10,000 cash bail for Mohammad Shafiq Rahman on Tuesday.
Rahman's family had posted the bail earlier this year, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had blocked his release, citing new information that they would not publicly disclose.
"He's just looking forward to coming home," Rahman's wife Sara Rahman was quoted as saying by the Boston Globe.
She said her husband had relied on his devout Muslim faith to get him through the ordeal.
"Both of us have relied on our love for each other to get through this," she added. "Throughout all of this, he's continued to give me strength and support."
Rahman, a 33-year-old computer programmer from Maine near Boston, was one of three men arrested from the New England area on May 13 after authorities discovered possible links between them and Faisal Shahzad, who had pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a car loaded with explosives in Times Square on May 1.
Authorities had also arrested Aftab Ali Khan, 27, and Pir Khan, a 43-year-old
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