9 judges · MO
The Kansas City, MO Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.9% across 16,591 decided cases. The court has 9 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Kansas City, MO Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.9% 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 Giambastiani, Jennie L. (18,263 total cases), Salinardi, Jayme (11,991 total cases), and Howard, Justin W. (10,102 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (4,918 decided, 1.2% grant rate), Guatemala (4,883 decided, 1.1% grant rate), and Mexico (3,069 decided, 6.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giambastiani, Jennie L. | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Salinardi, Jayme | 2.1% | 137 | 6,350 | 6,487 |
| Howard, Justin W. | 5.4% | 291 | 5,060 | 5,351 |
| Baker, Glen R. | 21.0% | 779 | 2,931 | 3,710 |
| O'Malley, John R. | 18.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis, Paula V. | 14.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Colin | 2.0% | 86 | 4,149 | 4,235 |
| Grimmer, Jared | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Visiting Judge 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.2% | 60 | 4,858 | 4,918 |
| Guatemala | 1.1% | 55 | 4,828 | 4,883 |
| Mexico | 6.9% | 212 | 2,857 | 3,069 |
| Nicaragua | 1.6% | 17 | 1,030 | 1,047 |
| El Salvador | 8.1% | 57 | 646 | 703 |
| Venezuela | 4.3% | 21 | 473 | 494 |
| Colombia | 0.2% | 1 | 414 | 415 |
| Cuba | 13.7% | 19 | 120 | 139 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 133 | 133 |
| Brazil | 5.5% | 6 | 104 | 110 |
| Haiti | 1.3% | 1 | 74 | 75 |
| Peru | 1.4% | 1 | 71 | 72 |
| Kenya | 50.9% | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| China | 21.1% | 12 | 45 | 57 |
| Afghanistan | 14.9% | 7 | 40 | 47 |
| Russia | 15.9% | 7 | 37 | 44 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| India | 7.0% | 3 | 40 | 43 |
| Nigeria | 31.2% | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| Jordan | 8.7% | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Pakistan | 23.8% | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Vietnam | 42.1% | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Turkey | 64.7% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Jamaica | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Iraq | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Philippines | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Somalia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Federated States Of Micronesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tanzania | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |