15 judges · TX
The Houston South, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 0.5% across 33,533 decided cases. The court has 15 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Houston South, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 0.5% 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 (41,085 total cases), Yates, Clarease Rankin (29,374 total cases), and Dierkes, Joseph (13,495 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (9,762 decided, 0.6% grant rate), Guatemala (4,501 decided, 0.5% grant rate), and Mexico (4,494 decided, 4.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton, Jimmie Lee | 4.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yates, Clarease Rankin | 5.2% | 124 | 2,254 | 2,378 |
| Dierkes, Joseph | 29.4% | 74 | 178 | 252 |
| Jones, Delana M. | 0.8% | 29 | 3,441 | 3,470 |
| Brown, Kevin | 1.2% | 50 | 4,238 | 4,288 |
| Schumann, Christopher M. | 1.3% | 50 | 3,873 | 3,923 |
| Hoffman, Geoffrey | 4.2% | 142 | 3,266 | 3,408 |
| Jenkins, Arkesia | 1.4% | 38 | 2,625 | 2,663 |
| Cordero Gonzalez, Miguel A. | 1.7% | 45 | 2,646 | 2,691 |
| Paxton, David M. | 3.0% | 77 | 2,521 | 2,598 |
| Joyce, Jacquelyn J. | 0.9% | 20 | 2,100 | 2,120 |
| Thompson, Kenley | 2.3% | 41 | 1,726 | 1,767 |
| Sharp, Noelle | 0.8% | 19 | 2,250 | 2,269 |
| Stawar, Andrew | 2.1% | 32 | 1,471 | 1,503 |
| Andresen, Jonathan Charles. | 0.0% | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.6% | 60 | 9,702 | 9,762 |
| Guatemala | 0.5% | 23 | 4,478 | 4,501 |
| Mexico | 4.0% | 178 | 4,316 | 4,494 |
| El Salvador | 2.1% | 75 | 3,423 | 3,498 |
| Venezuela | 2.3% | 74 | 3,106 | 3,180 |
| Nicaragua | 1.3% | 27 | 2,040 | 2,067 |
| Colombia | 0.9% | 18 | 2,002 | 2,020 |
| Cuba | 3.5% | 61 | 1,660 | 1,721 |
| Nigeria | 17.0% | 61 | 298 | 359 |
| Romania | 1.4% | 5 | 348 | 353 |
| Ecuador | 0.9% | 2 | 219 | 221 |
| Peru | 0.5% | 1 | 188 | 189 |
| Turkey | 18.0% | 30 | 137 | 167 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 124 | 124 |
| China | 16.4% | 18 | 92 | 110 |
| India | 1.9% | 2 | 104 | 106 |
| Afghanistan | 7.8% | 8 | 94 | 102 |
| Pakistan | 27.6% | 16 | 42 | 58 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| Russia | 9.5% | 4 | 38 | 42 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| Vietnam | 19.4% | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| Cameroon | 29.0% | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| Senegal | 6.5% | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| Belize | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| Chile | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Lebanon | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Kenya | 20.0% | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Egypt | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Burkina Faso | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Iran | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Jamaica | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Taiwan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Iraq | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Philippines | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |