Immigration court
Miami, FL Immigration Court
57 judges · FL
EOIR data through Oct 1, 2026 · updated monthly
- 98,501
- Granted
- 253,661
- Denied
- 57
- Judges
Distribution
How this court's judges compare
At Miami, FL, 55 judges range from 0.0% to 63.0%.
Each judge's all-time EOIR decided outcomes across every court they have served in: granted ÷ (granted + denied). Judges now based at this court with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.
Recent decisions (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026): Miami, FL Immigration Court granted asylum in 2.2% of 42,390 decided cases. That is lower than the court's all-time rate of 28.0% (352,162 decided cases). Over the same months, the national rate was 5.0%.
What people ask about Miami, FL Immigration Court
These are the questions people asked most about this court from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. The answers come from EOIR immigration court data and ICE arrest records.
Which judges at Miami, FL Immigration Court grant asylum most often?
Among the 35 judges at this court with at least 25 decided asylum cases in Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the highest grant rates were: Lilliana Torreh-Bayouth, 9.2% of 119 decided; Ian D. Midgley, 6.0% of 150 decided; and Denise A. Marks Lane, 5.3% of 1,163 decided. The median judge among them granted 2.2%.
What is the asylum grant rate at Miami, FL Immigration Court?
In Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, the court granted asylum in 2.2% of 42,390 decided cases (grants plus denials). Across all years in EOIR data, it granted 28.0% of 352,162 decided cases. Over the same recent months, the national rate was 5.0%.
How often does Miami, FL Immigration Court grant motions?
Across all years of EOIR motion records for this court, the most common decided motions were: Motion to Terminate, granted in 63.9% of 105,550; Motion for Change of Venue, granted in 94.6% of 84,611; and Motion for Continuance, granted in 72.9% of 78,200. The rate counts every decided motion, including outcomes other than granted or denied.
How many ICE arrests are recorded in Miami, Florida?
ICE recorded 6,824 arrests in Miami, Florida from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, 1,499 of them in Jul 2026. That is the highest month in these records, which start in Oct 2022. These are arrests anywhere in the city, not only at the immigration court.
How to Interpret This Court's Data
Court-level statistics aggregate the judges and cases assigned to the Miami, FL Immigration Court, so the court average can differ sharply from any one judge's profile.
High-volume judge profiles at this court include Ford, Rex J. (35,425 total cases), Dowell, J. Daniel (32,219 total cases), and Horn, Michael C. (23,869 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court (fiscal years 2020–2026) include Guatemala (17,901 decided, 2.9% grant rate), Nicaragua (12,242 decided, 4.0% grant rate), and Honduras (10,711 decided, 5.0% 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 2026-10-01. The data is informational and should not be treated as legal advice or a prediction for any individual case.
Read how EOIR data works or learn how to compare asylum approval rates.
What This Court Profile's Data Shows
This profile ranks #3 by published decided outcomes among 74 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (352,162 outcomes).
Its 28.0% historical rate is 18.1 percentage points above the 9.9% median for those 74 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Guatemala: 17,901 decisions and a 2.9% grant rate in the nationality subset's stated scope.
These are descriptive historical aggregates. Court mix, judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, and changes in law are not controlled here, so the comparisons cannot predict an individual case.
Areas Served by This Court
Based on the official EOIR ZIP-code assignment, the Miami, FL Immigration Court is the assigned filing location for 279 ZIP codes. Main cities by state:
FL — Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Naples, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, Hialeah, Homestead, Boynton Beach, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Delray Beach, Lake Worth and 63 more cities
MA — Plainville
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Judges at This Court
| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford, Rex J. | 13.7% | 3,778 | 23,799 | 27,577 |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 28.5% | 5,796 | 14,528 | 20,324 |
| Horn, Michael C. | 34.5% | 5,390 | 10,212 | 15,602 |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 21.4% | 3,579 | 13,148 | 16,727 |
| Lane, Denise A. Marks | 28.1% | 3,890 | 9,962 | 13,852 |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 41.0% | 5,953 | 8,564 | 14,517 |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 34.7% | 4,806 | 9,039 | 13,845 |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 30.6% | 4,060 | 9,229 | 13,289 |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 33.7% | 4,696 | 9,250 | 13,946 |
| Williams, Keith C. | 42.4% | 5,449 | 7,389 | 12,838 |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 29.6% | 3,382 | 8,050 | 11,432 |
| Nettles, Marsha K. | 8.4% | 817 | 8,956 | 9,773 |
| Mccormack, Nancy R. | 40.7% | 3,952 | 5,750 | 9,702 |
| Opaciuch, John | 21.1% | 2,147 | 8,034 | 10,181 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 29.3% | 2,820 | 6,813 | 9,633 |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 43.4% | 3,978 | 5,183 | 9,161 |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 17.7% | 1,421 | 6,619 | 8,040 |
| Garcia, Madeline | 7.2% | 540 | 7,003 | 7,543 |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 13.1% | 827 | 5,476 | 6,303 |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 24.7% | 2,110 | 6,416 | 8,526 |
| De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez | 19.4% | 1,101 | 4,570 | 5,671 |
| Maingot, Anthony E. | 6.9% | 341 | 4,602 | 4,943 |
| Burgess, Abraham L. | 9.4% | 431 | 4,137 | 4,568 |
| Sogocio, Rico M. | 8.0% | 374 | 4,328 | 4,702 |
| Sandron, Ira | 51.3% | 2,751 | 2,615 | 5,366 |
| Holyoak, Dalin R. | 11.5% | 519 | 3,998 | 4,517 |
| Simonet, Jose S. | 51.1% | 2,133 | 2,042 | 4,175 |
| Ayze, Thomas | 4.1% | 191 | 4,442 | 4,633 |
| Sonom, Ronald G. | 43.4% | 2,247 | 2,930 | 5,177 |
| Randall, Anthony J. | 47.6% | 2,471 | 2,718 | 5,189 |
| Rivera, Jose | 6.2% | 232 | 3,498 | 3,730 |
| Recio, Irene M. | 6.3% | 205 | 3,062 | 3,267 |
| Reis, Christine | 6.0% | 215 | 3,377 | 3,592 |
| Araneta, Michelle | 6.0% | 226 | 3,512 | 3,738 |
| Kleinfeld, Seymour R. | 42.7% | 2,085 | 2,800 | 4,885 |
| Neumann, Monica | 1.6% | 41 | 2,556 | 2,597 |
| Ubarri, Maria | 8.5% | 300 | 3,227 | 3,527 |
| Herman, Lakshmi | 3.7% | 91 | 2,388 | 2,479 |
| Pressman, Christian M. | 8.7% | 213 | 2,237 | 2,450 |
| Khanna, Rohit | 4.0% | 52 | 1,263 | 1,315 |
| Coleman, Sandra S. | 59.9% | 2,078 | 1,391 | 3,469 |
| Gonzalez, Maithe | 2.3% | 46 | 1,988 | 2,034 |
| King JR., H. Lloyd | 32.6% | 830 | 1,715 | 2,545 |
| Mart, H. Kevin | 31.4% | 531 | 1,158 | 1,689 |
| Metcalf, Mark H. | 24.9% | 338 | 1,018 | 1,356 |
| Goodwin, Deborah K. | 6.8% | 113 | 1,561 | 1,674 |
| Midgley, Ian D. | 8.8% | 68 | 707 | 775 |
| Brauwerman, Suzan C. | 63.0% | 434 | 255 | 689 |
| Kim, Morgan C. | 0.8% | 6 | 770 | 776 |
| Gross, Michael J. | 0.1% | 1 | 702 | 703 |
| Mitchell, Kyle V. | 4.6% | 25 | 521 | 546 |
| Martinez Joseph | 0.0% | 0 | 516 | 516 |
| Cruce-Haag, Ann | 0.0% | 0 | 421 | 421 |
| Falcone, Jennifer | 0.9% | 3 | 320 | 323 |
| Dill, William | 0.0% | 0 | 251 | 251 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Alexander, Scott C. | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Bovino, Joe. They are excluded from the rate table above.
Approval Rate by Nationality
Fiscal years 2020–2026 (Oct 2019 – Sep 2026).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 2.9% | 511 | 17,390 | 17,901 |
| Nicaragua | 4.0% | 490 | 11,752 | 12,242 |
| Honduras | 5.0% | 535 | 10,176 | 10,711 |
| Cuba | 10.8% | 828 | 6,869 | 7,697 |
| Haiti | 3.7% | 255 | 6,574 | 6,829 |
| Venezuela | 9.0% | 599 | 6,029 | 6,628 |
| Colombia | 7.3% | 402 | 5,105 | 5,507 |
| Mexico | 14.0% | 483 | 2,960 | 3,443 |
| Brazil | 5.3% | 162 | 2,907 | 3,069 |
| El Salvador | 9.5% | 183 | 1,741 | 1,924 |
| Peru | 5.0% | 79 | 1,498 | 1,577 |
| Chile | 3.1% | 26 | 821 | 847 |
| Russia | 36.2% | 274 | 482 | 756 |
| Jamaica | 30.1% | 167 | 388 | 555 |
| Ecuador | 7.8% | 41 | 486 | 527 |
| Dominican Republic | 9.6% | 34 | 320 | 354 |
| Romania | 3.6% | 10 | 268 | 278 |
| Turkey | 8.3% | 12 | 133 | 145 |
| Argentina | 13.8% | 19 | 119 | 138 |
| Bolivia | 10.3% | 14 | 122 | 136 |
| Bahamas | 23.6% | 26 | 84 | 110 |
| Israel | 28.4% | 25 | 63 | 88 |
| Spain | 2.4% | 2 | 80 | 82 |
| Vietnam | 33.8% | 26 | 51 | 77 |
| Ukraine | 49.3% | 36 | 37 | 73 |
| Costa Rica | 14.1% | 9 | 55 | 64 |
| Italy | 3.8% | 2 | 50 | 52 |
| Panama | 16.0% | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| China | 51.1% | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 52.2% | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| Bangladesh | 35.7% | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 40.5% | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| Canada | 20.0% | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| India | 24.3% | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| Guyana | 14.3% | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| Belarus | 54.3% | 19 | 16 | 35 |
| Uruguay | 27.3% | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Unknown Nationality | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Uzbekistan | 40.0% | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Guadeloupe | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| South Africa | 33.3% | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Egypt | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Nigeria | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Portugal | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Belize | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| United Kingdom | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 38.5% | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Azerbaijan | 53.8% | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Pakistan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| France | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Philippines | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Jordan | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Serbia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Greece | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Hungary | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |