Syed Ahmed Jamal, a chemistry teacher in Kansas, was taken off his flight back to his native Bangladesh Monday after being granted a temporary stay against deportation.

 Syed Ahmed Jamal, a chemistry teacher in Kansas, was taken off his flight back to his native Bangladesh Monday after being granted a temporary stay against deportation, reports AFP. The plane was refueling in Honolulu at the time. Jamal has since been transferred to a detention facility in Hawaii, notes the Associated Press. Though he is on U.S. soil, his fate remains unknown. CNN reports that the 55-year-old teacher was taken by agents from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement on January 24. Jamal was leaving his house to drop one of his three children to school when he was detained. He was later moved to a facility in El Paso, Texas. When his family learned he had been put on a plane, they immediately filed a stay request with Virginia's Board of Immigration Appeals. Jamal's case has triggered a number of protests and for a variety of reasons. Though President Trump has stated that deportations will continue to prioritize criminals, and violent ones in particular, Jamal is one of many recent detainees who has no such background, according to the BBC. Jamal came to the United States from Bangladesh 30 years ago to pursue an education and ultimately earned a doctorate.  It was during the final leg of his educational pursuits that his visa expired. The BBC notes that according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "Jamal overstayed his visa and was asked to leave voluntarily in 2011. His failure to depart triggered an automatic deportation order."
"Since 2012, the [Department of Homeland Security] had allowed Jamal to remain in the US on orders of supervision," the media outlet further said.
Subsequently, he was given temporary permission to work in the United States.