MARSHALL — Marshall resident Aditya Harsono remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a judge denied the motion to dismiss his case at a court hearing on Thursday.

Immigration Judge Sarah Mazzie denied the motion to terminate the case against Harsono, and he remains at the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar, according to the ICE locator, until his next hearing on May 1.

Harsono, 33, from Indonesia, was originally arrested by ICE agents without warning on March 27, four days after having his student visa revoked, which is active until June 13, 2026.

Harsono has two degrees from Southwest Minnesota State University — A bachelor’s in environmental science, and a masters in business administration, which he completed in 2023.

“At the time (of Harsono’s arrest), he was working legally under OPT, which he obtained after successfully completing his educational program as an F-1 student,” Harsono’s attorney, Sarah Gad wrote in an email to the Independent.

OPT is an Optional Practical Training program (OPT) that allows international students a period of authorized stay following graduation to work in the field.

Harsono’s visa was originally revoked due to a 2022 misdemeanor charge, with the belief that he “now poses a threat to U.S. public safety,” according to court documents.

Harsono’s arrest days later was allegedly for overstaying the visa that had been revoked, Gad told the Independent.

The 2022 misdemeanor, according to Harsono’s public criminal record, was for graffiti vandalization on semi-trialers at the Schwan’s Treatment Plant.

Harsono did plead guilty for the incident when approached by the Marshall Police Department, and served a 90-day suspension in the Lyon County jail, along with a $485 fine and a year of supervised probation, which he completed without incident and finished on Feb. 7, 2024.

Harsono was also arrested in a 2021 George Floyd protest for curfew violation.

According to Harsono’s wife, Peyton Harsono, on a public GoFundMe page, “That case, in which he was arrested for unlawful assembly, was later dismissed ‘in the interest of justice.'”

According to The Minnesota Star Tribune in an interview with Aditya, he returned to Indonesia for a brief period following his protest arrest in 2021, after the charges were dropped. He applied for another student visa to return back to the United States to pursue his master’s degree, which was approved, prompting his return back to Minnesota.

Peyton and Aditya married in October 2023, who met in 2022 while Aditya was in school, and currently have an 8-month-old daughter.

Aditya submitted a spousal green card I-130 application in June 2024, which Gad said, “That process remains pending, which means he still has a lawful basis to remain in the U.S.–both then and now.”

Aditya was briefly granted a $5,000 bond on April 10, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security appealed the motion, preventing his release from custody.