Overview
- Seibt, 25, says she has submitted a petition under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and is legally in the U.S. awaiting an asylum interview.
- She alleges years of monitoring by German intelligence and ongoing death threats from Antifa, claiming police told her they could not act unless she was seriously harmed.
- Seibt says Elon Musk boosted her posts on X, messaged her about German politics, and encouraged her decision to seek asylum.
- The activist has publicly aligned with Germany’s AfD, which the country’s domestic intelligence has classified as a right-wing extremist threat to democratic order.
- The outcome of her petition is pending, and coverage notes the case proceeds during intensified debate over U.S. asylum and refugee policies.