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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Backs Naomi Seibt’s U.S. Asylum Bid

Her case tests U.S. asylum policy under a newly lowered refugee cap.

Naomi Seibt, a 19 year old climate change skeptic and self proclaimed climate realist, speaks during a workshop at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union on February 28, 2020 in National Harbor, MD.
German activist Naomi Seibt listens during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. President Trump will address this years CPAC after seeking to close ranks within his administration about the threat posed by the coronavirus and how the U.S. government plans to stop its spread following mixed messages that rattled Wall Street. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Overview

  • The German influencer says she filed for asylum under Section 208, citing fear of imprisonment or political violence if she returns to Germany.
  • Representative Anna Paulina Luna said she has reviewed documentation, will assist personally, and plans to raise the case with the Secretary of State.
  • Seibt alleges surveillance by German intelligence, state media defamation, and death threats from Antifa, and says police did not act when she reported the threats.
  • Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution labeled the AfD an extremist organization in May, a designation that can expand surveillance.
  • The asylum petition remains pending and could take months to adjudicate, as the Trump administration has set the annual refugee ceiling at 7,500.