29 judges · TX
The Houston, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 2.9% across 45,388 decided cases. The court has 29 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson, William C. | 4.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Law, Philip S. | 15.3% | 104 | 576 | 680 |
| Brisack, Chris A. | 2.4% | 61 | 2,453 | 2,514 |
| Brown, Robert | 14.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmer, William K. | 21.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endelman, Gary E. | 5.9% | 240 | 3,821 | 4,061 |
| Yam, Mimi | 17.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagat, Nimmo | 7.3% | 305 | 3,863 | 4,168 |
| Luis, Lisa | 0.7% | 7 | 1,044 | 1,051 |
| Picos, Georgina M. | 5.5% | 166 | 2,864 | 3,030 |
| Gemoets, Marcos | 3.9% | 137 | 3,333 | 3,470 |
| Harris, Monique | 11.8% | 215 | 1,614 | 1,829 |
| Brown, Sam, IV | 2.3% | 92 | 3,875 | 3,967 |
| Nguyen, Bao Q. | 7.2% | 261 | 3,347 | 3,608 |
| Osborn, Joshua D. | 3.3% | 124 | 3,648 | 3,772 |
| Ramos, Maritza S. | 3.7% | 108 | 2,818 | 2,926 |
| Wang, Lynn | 1.6% | 42 | 2,514 | 2,556 |
| Vail, Joseph | 29.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gorman, Stephanie | 80.8% | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Hartnett, Sarah | 3.9% | 72 | 1,791 | 1,863 |
| FENELON, ZAHRA JIVANI | 2.7% | 40 | 1,438 | 1,478 |
| Hughes, Erica | 3.0% | 35 | 1,150 | 1,185 |
| Mcguirk, Erica J. | 1.5% | 16 | 1,064 | 1,080 |
| Marks, Stephanie J. | 22.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archuleta, Judy | 5.5% | 24 | 411 | 435 |
| Castrolugo, Elisa | 4.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Jr, Glen Ray. | 6.8% | 5 | 69 | 74 |
| Jaroch, Brandon | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Visiting Judge 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.3% | 222 | 16,592 | 16,814 |
| Guatemala | 0.8% | 59 | 7,558 | 7,617 |
| El Salvador | 3.2% | 192 | 5,870 | 6,062 |
| Mexico | 8.8% | 517 | 5,357 | 5,874 |
| Venezuela | 15.1% | 369 | 2,077 | 2,446 |
| Nicaragua | 5.7% | 120 | 1,990 | 2,110 |
| Colombia | 1.9% | 24 | 1,234 | 1,258 |
| Cuba | 15.2% | 155 | 866 | 1,021 |
| Nigeria | 28.4% | 103 | 260 | 363 |
| Turkey | 26.3% | 51 | 143 | 194 |
| Ecuador | 2.1% | 4 | 190 | 194 |
| Peru | 0.5% | 1 | 181 | 182 |
| China | 42.1% | 69 | 95 | 164 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.5% | 2 | 128 | 130 |
| India | 22.5% | 27 | 93 | 120 |
| Pakistan | 50.0% | 57 | 57 | 114 |
| Romania | 4.5% | 4 | 85 | 89 |
| Iraq | 66.1% | 39 | 20 | 59 |
| Brazil | 4.9% | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Jordan | 20.5% | 8 | 31 | 39 |
| Cameroon | 50.0% | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Afghanistan | 2.8% | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| Belize | 8.3% | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| Vietnam | 48.5% | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Sri Lanka | 12.9% | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Kenya | 29.6% | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Haiti | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Angola | 4.5% | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Syria | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Russia | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Bangladesh | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Egypt | 69.2% | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Ethiopia | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Jamaica | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Iran | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Palestine | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Tanzania | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Canada | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |