Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa [View all]
Source: The Guardian
An Indonesian father of an infant with special needs, who was detained by federal agents at his hospital workplace in Minnesota after his student visa was secretly revoked, will remain in custody after an immigration judge ruled Thursday that his case can proceed.
Judge Sarah Mazzie denied a motion to dismiss the case against Aditya Wahyu Harsono on humanitarian grounds, according to his attorney. Harsono, 33, was arrested four days after his visa was revoked without notice. He is scheduled for another hearing on 1 May.
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He told the Ice agents that his F-1 student visa was valid through June 2026, and that he had a pending green-card application based on his marriage to a citizen, but that he had been issued a notice to appear in court stating that he had overstayed his visa.
His attorney said that as of 28 March, the day after his arrest, his F-1 visa was still active. Gad said the government revoked it without any notice to him, and then claimed he had overstayed.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/aditya-wahyu-harsono-immigration-indonesia
ICE claimed two pieces of evidence..... a 2022 misdemeanor conviction for graffiti for which he'd already paid restitution (NOT a deportable offense , and an arrest at a protest over the George Floyd murder for which all charges were dropped. AND he runs a small non-profit group which sells art and merchandise, with proceeds going to organizations aiding Gaza.
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