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Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait at her desk prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait at her desk prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, during an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, during an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, during an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, during an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, walks down the staircase Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at the AMAH, an organization that is based in the city of Jena and helps university students and migrants from Africa when they experience discrimination in Jena, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, walks down the staircase Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at the AMAH, an organization that is based in the city of Jena and helps university students and migrants from Africa when they experience discrimination in Jena, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building where he and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Jena, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Jena, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Doreen Denstaedt, German federal state Thuringia's minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Denstaedt, the daughter of a Black father from Tanzania and a white, German mother, was born and grew up in Thuringiain and is a member of the Green Party. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A dilapidated storage building is seen in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, where Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A dilapidated storage building is seen in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, where Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa and two friends were hunted and beaten up in 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

An AfD election campaign posters showing the slogan "summer, sun, remigration," and the photo of a plane dubbed "deportation airline" is displayed in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

An AfD election campaign posters showing the slogan "summer, sun, remigration," and the photo of a plane dubbed "deportation airline" is displayed in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Jena, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daniel Egbe, a chemist from Cameroon who moved to Thuringia in 1994 to study, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Jena, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building were he and two friends being hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Omar Diallo, a 22-year-old migrant from Guinea in West Africa, poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press near a dilapidated storage building were he and two friends being hunted and beaten up in 2020, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People wave German national flags as they listen to Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, during an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People wave German national flags as they listen to Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, during an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A man covering with a German national flag with the slogan "We are the people" listens to Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, during an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A man covering with a German national flag with the slogan "We are the people" listens to Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, during an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)