16 judges · TX
The Houston South, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.7% across 54,472 decided cases. The court has 16 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Houston South, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.7% 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 Benton, Jimmie Lee (41,083 total cases), Yates, Clarease Rankin (29,373 total cases), and Dierkes, Joseph (13,493 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (10,898 decided, 0.6% grant rate), Mexico (5,434 decided, 3.4% grant rate), and Guatemala (5,066 decided, 0.5% 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 2026-07-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
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Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Houston South, TX Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 142 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton, Jimmie Lee | 4.3% | 1,612 | 36,229 | 37,841 |
| Yates, Clarease Rankin | 16.8% | 3,942 | 19,576 | 23,518 |
| Dierkes, Joseph | 16.4% | 1,643 | 8,367 | 10,010 |
| Jones, Delana M. | 1.0% | 43 | 4,144 | 4,187 |
| Brown, Kevin | 1.4% | 68 | 4,871 | 4,939 |
| Schumann, Christopher M. | 1.5% | 69 | 4,471 | 4,540 |
| Hoffman, Geoffrey | 4.1% | 168 | 3,931 | 4,099 |
| Jenkins, Arkesia | 1.5% | 48 | 3,116 | 3,164 |
| Cordero Gonzalez, Miguel A. | 1.8% | 57 | 3,126 | 3,183 |
| Joyce, Jacquelyn J. | 0.9% | 25 | 2,706 | 2,731 |
| Paxton, David M. | 3.0% | 98 | 3,118 | 3,216 |
| Stawar, Andrew | 1.7% | 41 | 2,395 | 2,436 |
| Thompson, Kenley | 2.5% | 46 | 1,758 | 1,804 |
| Sharp, Noelle | 0.9% | 21 | 2,298 | 2,319 |
| Andresen, Jonathan Charles. | 0.0% | 0 | 922 | 922 |
| Yeh, Lian | 0.0% | 0 | 331 | 331 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.6% | 61 | 10,837 | 10,898 |
| Mexico | 3.4% | 184 | 5,250 | 5,434 |
| Guatemala | 0.5% | 23 | 5,043 | 5,066 |
| Venezuela | 1.8% | 75 | 4,035 | 4,110 |
| El Salvador | 1.8% | 75 | 3,993 | 4,068 |
| Colombia | 0.8% | 19 | 2,448 | 2,467 |
| Nicaragua | 1.2% | 27 | 2,238 | 2,265 |
| Cuba | 3.0% | 63 | 2,037 | 2,100 |
| Nigeria | 13.2% | 62 | 406 | 468 |
| Romania | 1.2% | 5 | 402 | 407 |
| Ecuador | 0.8% | 2 | 253 | 255 |
| Peru | 0.4% | 1 | 237 | 238 |
| Turkey | 18.4% | 33 | 146 | 179 |
| China | 10.6% | 18 | 152 | 170 |
| India | 1.3% | 2 | 152 | 154 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 131 | 131 |
| Afghanistan | 10.0% | 12 | 108 | 120 |
| Pakistan | 20.3% | 16 | 63 | 79 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| Vietnam | 14.3% | 7 | 42 | 49 |
| Russia | 8.7% | 4 | 42 | 46 |
| Cameroon | 20.0% | 9 | 36 | 45 |
| Senegal | 4.5% | 2 | 42 | 44 |
| Chile | 2.4% | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Belize | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Lebanon | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Iran | 27.8% | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Egypt | 27.8% | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Kenya | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Burkina Faso | 25.0% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Jamaica | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Iraq | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Ethiopia | 75.0% | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Eritrea | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Taiwan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Philippines | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Algeria | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Gabon | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |