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Fox News
15-05-2025
- Fox News
Federal judge orders ICE to immediately release Indonesian man accused of overstaying visa
A Minnesota federal judge ordered immigration officials to immediately release an Indonesian man who was taken into custody in late March after allegedly overstaying his student visa, reports say. Aditya Harsono, 34, has been held at the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar since being arrested by ICE agents at his workplace in Marshall on March 27, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. "The Court finds that [Harsono] has shown that he is in custody in violation of the First Amendment and is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus for his immediate release," the newspaper cited U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez as saying in her ruling Wednesday. "The Court finds it is more reasonable to infer that Respondents have detained [Harsono] in retaliation for his speech than because of any professed public safety concern," Menendez reportedly added. Menendez ordered that Harsono be released within 48 hours, with his attorney Sarah Gad telling MPR News that his family posted a $5,000 bond. Harsono previously said he thought his arrest on March 27 was in retaliation for his participation in protests following the 2021 police-involved killing of Daunte Wright, according to the outlet. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Aditya Wahyu Harsono of Indonesia March 27 at his place of work. Harsono entered the United States legally on Jan. 7, 2015. Harsono was arrested by Lyon County Sheriff's Office Oct. 18, 2022, for damage to property and convicted on Feb. 7, 2023. US law enforcement determined he poses a public safety threat," a senior Homeland Security official told Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul. The station reported that Harsono first arrived in the U.S. under a student visa to study at Southwest Minnesota State University before he married an American citizen in October 2023. It added that Harsono was in the process of obtaining a green card, but his visa was revoked just days before he was arrested at the hospital where he works. Harsono's attorney told Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul that his misdemeanor vandalism conviction is not a deportable offense. "There seems to be this trend recently where international students who have engaged in some type of activism or expressed, you know, political speech or have expressed, you know, support for Palestine – something along those lines – their student visas get revoked," Gad said to the station. Harsono's lawyers also argued in court that the government targeted him over posts on the Instagram page of his clothing line, which had pictures with messages such as "Free Palestine" and "Black Lives Matter," according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Gad did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Marshall man in U.S. on student visa faces possible deportation
The Brief Aditya Harsono, 33, came to the United States from Indonesia in 2015. The government revoked his student visa over a 2022 misdemeanor vandalism conviction. Harsono, who is married with an infant child, could be deported as early as May 1, his attorney said. MARSHALL, Minn. (FOX 9) - An Indonesian man in the United States on a student visa was arrested at work last month and faces possible deportation, his attorney said. The backstory Aditya Harsono, 33, of Marshall, Minn., was arrested in March at the hospital where he works, his attorney said. Federal authorities developed a ruse to lure him to the basement, where they put him in handcuffs, she said. Harsono came to the United States from Indonesia in 2015 under a student visa to study at Southwest Minnesota State University. The government revoked that visa in March, days before he was arrested. The government, which argues that Harsono is a public safety threat, based the revocation on a 2022 misdemeanor vandalism conviction, something his attorney said is not a deportable offense. She said the government also mentioned Harsono's 2021 arrest in a George Floyd protest that was later dismissed. Harsono, who married a U.S. citizen in October 2023, had been in the process of obtaining a green card, which would allow him to live here permanently. What his attorney is saying "There seems to be this trend recently where international students who have engaged in some type of activism or expressed, you know, political speech or have expressed, you know, support for Palestine – something along those lines – their student visas get revoked," said Sarah Gad, Harsono's attorney. What his wife is saying "My whole life and everything that I know is here, but my husband, the man I love, the father of my child isn't here, and I have to sit here and then weigh which one I'm willing to give up," said Peyton Harsono, his wife. "I'm losing a huge chunk of our income, potentially my apartment. I found out about that, too. It's a definite that I got to figure out what I'm doing." What the government is saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Timeline Harsono is due back in immigration court on May 1.
