Nonilex<p>Harsono said he protested because growing up, he had been inspired by the American ideal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>“I was scared to voice my opinion back in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>,” he said. “Now, you know, I’m in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>, I could do that now.”</p><p>…After his arrest at the 2021 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a>, which occurred shortly before his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> expired, he went back to Indonesia. He said he was “surprised” when his application to return to study for a graduate degree was accepted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a></p>