By David Harry
Staff Writer

A South Portland resident detained on immigration violations remained in jail Wednesday morning despite reinstatement of his $10,000 bail.
Mohammed Shafiq Rahman, 34, who was arrested by federal agents May 13 in Portland, was ordered released on bail Tuesday by Judge Brenda O’Malley in U.S. Immigration Court in Boston.
Officials at Suffolk County Jail in Boston said Rahman was still held there after his transfer from Cumberland County Jail in Portland.
Kathryn Mattingly, a spokesman for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, part of the federal Department of Justice, said Rahman has a Sept. 14 hearing.
Rahman, a native of Pakistan who has been in the country for a least a decade, faces what is called a “master calendar” hearing in Immigration Court.
Mattingly said the hearing is similar to an arraignment held in criminal courts and could result in a hearing date on Rahman’s immigration status.
Rahman, a computer programmer who lives with his wife, Sara, and worked at an art supply store in Portland, was arrested as part of the investigation into the attempted May 1 car bombing in Times Square in Manhattan by Faisel Shahzad.
Rahman is not considered a suspect in the Shahzad case. Rahman told Artist and Craftsman Supply store owner Larry Adlerstein he had been acquainted with Shazad when the two lived in Connecticut.
Adlerstein said Rahman is a good worker. “He is a nice guy, very gentle and treated everyone with respect,” Adlerstein said.
When interviewed in May, a neighbor living in the apartment below the Rahmans said the couple was quiet and friendly.
Attempts to reach Cynthia Arn, a Portland-based attorney representing Rahman, were unsuccessful.