13 judges · TX
The El Paso, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.3% across 27,822 decided cases. The court has 13 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The El Paso, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.3% in the current AsylumTracker dataset. Court-level statistics aggregate judges and cases assigned to that court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Erwin, R. Lee (18,127 total cases), Hough, Robert S. (14,492 total cases), and Spiegel, Martin F. (13,082 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (4,155 decided, 6.9% grant rate), Honduras (3,998 decided, 0.2% grant rate), and Venezuela (3,757 decided, 6.3% grant rate).
Asylum grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Procedural outcomes are separated so users can distinguish merits decisions from docket-management outcomes.
This page uses public EOIR records last updated 2026-05-08. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin, R. Lee | 16.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hough, Robert S. | 0.4% | 1 | 281 | 282 |
| Spiegel, Martin F. | 10.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert, Nathan L. | 1.2% | 67 | 5,687 | 5,754 |
| Fernandez, Lorely Ramirez | 3.8% | 141 | 3,565 | 3,706 |
| Miller, Jr. James J. | 2.6% | 113 | 4,167 | 4,280 |
| Bonilla, Judith F. | 6.5% | 162 | 2,340 | 2,502 |
| Dean, Larry R. | 7.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holguin, Enrique A. | 2.0% | 34 | 1,666 | 1,700 |
| Garten, Danielle H. | 0.0% | 0 | 1,464 | 1,464 |
| Schools, Shelly W. | 11.3% | 145 | 1,134 | 1,279 |
| Paredes Velasco, Adrian F. | 4.7% | 63 | 1,273 | 1,336 |
| Diaz, Jaime | 0.3% | 1 | 329 | 330 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 6.9% | 285 | 3,870 | 4,155 |
| Honduras | 0.2% | 9 | 3,989 | 3,998 |
| Venezuela | 6.3% | 238 | 3,519 | 3,757 |
| Guatemala | 0.4% | 15 | 3,667 | 3,682 |
| Turkey | 2.0% | 50 | 2,462 | 2,512 |
| Ecuador | 0.1% | 2 | 2,085 | 2,087 |
| Cuba | 6.0% | 107 | 1,678 | 1,785 |
| Nicaragua | 2.4% | 42 | 1,727 | 1,769 |
| Colombia | 0.7% | 11 | 1,531 | 1,542 |
| El Salvador | 0.5% | 6 | 1,254 | 1,260 |
| Peru | 2.7% | 9 | 320 | 329 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 229 | 229 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 157 | 157 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 1 | 153 | 154 |
| Nigeria | 38.3% | 23 | 37 | 60 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| Cameroon | 68.4% | 26 | 12 | 38 |
| China | 37.0% | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Vietnam | 22.2% | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| Russia | 54.2% | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Afghanistan | 13.0% | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Iran | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| India | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Costa Rica | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Ghana | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |