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South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Indonesian students in US fear immigration crackdown over political views
An Indonesian student who was detained by US immigration agents allegedly over his political activism after his visa was revoked has sparked a diplomatic backlash in Jakarta and deepened anxiety among Indonesians studying in the country amid President Donald Trump 's immigration crackdown. Advertisement Aditya Harsono, who came to the US in 2015 to pursue a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Southwest Minnesota State University, was detained on March 27 by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 'just days after his student visa was suddenly revoked without warning,' Aditya's wife, Peyton Harsono, wrote in a fundraising page she set up on the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform. Aditya enrolled in the same university's MBA programme in 2022, according to The New York Times. In addition to his F-1 student visa, he has a pending green card application through his marriage to Peyton, an American citizen. Sarah Gad, Aditya's lawyer, told the NYT the Indonesian's visa revocation was allegedly based on a misdemeanour conviction in 2022, after he drew graffiti on a semi-truck trailer. Aditya was also arrested in 2021 for breaking curfew during a protest in Minneapolis against the murder of George Floyd, a charge later dismissed by prosecutors, Gad said. Advertisement Aditya, who is a Muslim, has also reportedly sold art and merchandise to help Palestinian victims of the Israel-Gaza war. 'We fear his political activism played a role in targeting him,' his wife wrote.
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.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hutchinson FFA triumphs at SMSU Ag Bowl
Hutchinson FFA returned from Southwest Minnesota State University's 13th Annual Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational Feb. 2 with success in their bags. The invitational is a contest for FFA members to pick from 18 career development events, such as crops, floriculture and employment skills. Students can compete alone or as a team to win monetary prizes and scholarships to SMSU. The team won the Ag Issues contest about treated seed, while individual members Paisley Vonberge won first place in prepared public speaking and Clayton Moore won fourth place in the soils judging contest.
