Guo Wengui, otherwise called Miles Kwok, trusts he is "saw as a political rival of the Chinese administration", Thomas Ragland told the BBC.
Beijing has looked for Mr Guo's capture, yet charges against him are hazy.
State media outlets have blamed the 50-year-old for paying off a bad habit serve, a charge which Mr Guo has denied.
"He fears that the Chinese administration would look for requital for the things he's been stating and the presentation he's been in charge of," Mr Ragland said on Thursday.
Mr Guo, who left China in 2014, has distributed a progression of tweets and YouTube recordings to assert debasement among top individuals from the decision Chinese Communist Party, including Beijing's hostile to defilement despot, Wang Qishan.
He has additionally discharged what he affirms are authentic state privileged insights in front of a key Communist Party congress, which is held like clockwork and is planned to start on 18 October.
'Eleven visas'
In spite of the fact that Mr Guo has not given considerable confirmation to his claims, his feedback has drawn rage from Beijing.
The Chinese government in April issued a worldwide "red notice" through the worldwide police co-operation office Interpol for Mr Guo's capture.
Chinese experts have supposedly explored Mr Guo for no less than 19 violations including hijacking, extortion and illegal tax avoidance, as per AP news organization.
A month ago Chinese police opened an examination concerning another affirmation of assault against Mr Guo, the organization detailed.
In April, Chinese news outlets said Mr Guo had influenced the previous bad habit clergyman of state security, Ma Jian, with 60m yuan (£6.8m, $8.7m). Mr Ma has since been captured and is being arraigned for defilement.
Mr Guo has denied the charges and proposed the capture warrant was politically inspired.
As a haven candidate, Mr Guo, whose traveler visa is expected to terminate in the not so distant future, is entitled stay in the US until the point that a last authoritative choice is achieved, Mr Ragland said.
The national normal for a haven application process is a few years, Reuters news organization reports.
He likewise confronts a progression of maligning claims in the US by a few Chinese people and organizations.
Mr Guo says he is never again a subject of China.
In April, he told Voice of America's Chinese-dialect benefit he had travel permits from 11 nations, however it is misty why he would not move to another nation once his US visa terminates.
Mr Ragland declined to expand on his remaining as a Chinese resident, refering to classification reasons.
"He is here on a substantial travel permit with a legitimate visa and past that I would prefer truly not to examine identification issues," he said.