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The 2026-07-01 snapshot shows a 28.9% historical asylum grant rate for Miami, FL Immigration Court, based on 98,376 grants and 241,574 denials (339,950 decided outcomes).
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 28.9% across 339,950 decided cases. The court has 54 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Miami, FL Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 28.9% 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 Ford, Rex J. (35,425 total cases), Dowell, J. Daniel (31,502 total cases), and Horn, Michael C. (23,880 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Guatemala (16,290 decided, 3.1% grant rate), Nicaragua (10,460 decided, 4.6% grant rate), and Honduras (9,755 decided, 5.4% 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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This profile ranks #3 by published decided outcomes among 73 courts with at least 5,000 decisions (339,950 outcomes).
Its 28.9% historical rate is 18.4 percentage points above the 10.5% median for those 73 courts.
The largest published nationality row is Guatemala: 16,290 decisions and a 3.1% 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.
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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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford, Rex J. | 13.7% | 3,778 | 23,799 | 27,577 |
| Dowell, J. Daniel | 29.2% | 5,795 | 14,036 | 19,831 |
| Horn, Michael C. | 34.5% | 5,391 | 10,222 | 15,613 |
| Alexander, Scott G. | 21.9% | 3,576 | 12,780 | 16,356 |
| Lane, Denise A. Marks | 28.5% | 3,881 | 9,730 | 13,611 |
| Solow, Bruce W. | 41.0% | 5,953 | 8,565 | 14,518 |
| Mander, Stephen E. | 35.2% | 4,800 | 8,839 | 13,639 |
| Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana | 30.5% | 4,060 | 9,240 | 13,300 |
| Sanders, Charles J. | 33.7% | 4,696 | 9,251 | 13,947 |
| Williams, Keith C. | 42.4% | 5,449 | 7,389 | 12,838 |
| Chapa, Teofilo | 29.6% | 3,382 | 8,052 | 11,434 |
| Nettles, Marsha K. | 8.7% | 816 | 8,539 | 9,355 |
| Mccormack, Nancy R. | 40.7% | 3,952 | 5,752 | 9,704 |
| Opaciuch, John | 21.1% | 2,147 | 8,038 | 10,185 |
| Miranda, Pedro A. | 43.4% | 3,979 | 5,184 | 9,163 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 30.5% | 2,816 | 6,407 | 9,223 |
| Martinez-Esquivel, Lourdes | 18.3% | 1,404 | 6,261 | 7,665 |
| Garcia, Madeline | 7.5% | 537 | 6,581 | 7,118 |
| Bradley, Kevin G. | 24.7% | 2,110 | 6,416 | 8,526 |
| Mateo, Rene D. | 13.8% | 824 | 5,129 | 5,953 |
| De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez | 19.3% | 1,099 | 4,582 | 5,681 |
| Maingot, Anthony E. | 7.4% | 335 | 4,212 | 4,547 |
| Burgess, Abraham L. | 10.1% | 422 | 3,759 | 4,181 |
| Sandron, Ira | 51.3% | 2,751 | 2,616 | 5,367 |
| Sogocio, Rico M. | 8.5% | 362 | 3,904 | 4,266 |
| Holyoak, Dalin R. | 12.4% | 515 | 3,639 | 4,154 |
| Simonet, Jose S. | 51.1% | 2,133 | 2,042 | 4,175 |
| Sonom, Ronald G. | 43.4% | 2,247 | 2,930 | 5,177 |
| Randall, Anthony J. | 47.6% | 2,471 | 2,718 | 5,189 |
| Kleinfeld, Seymour R. | 42.7% | 2,085 | 2,803 | 4,888 |
| Rivera, Jose | 6.9% | 226 | 3,067 | 3,293 |
| Ayze, Thomas | 4.6% | 189 | 3,938 | 4,127 |
| Reis, Christine | 6.7% | 212 | 2,942 | 3,154 |
| Recio, Irene M. | 7.0% | 195 | 2,587 | 2,782 |
| Araneta, Michelle | 6.6% | 217 | 3,083 | 3,300 |
| Neumann, Monica | 1.8% | 38 | 2,074 | 2,112 |
| Ubarri, Maria | 9.7% | 296 | 2,742 | 3,038 |
| Herman, Lakshmi | 3.6% | 91 | 2,403 | 2,494 |
| Khanna, Rohit | 3.9% | 52 | 1,272 | 1,324 |
| Coleman, Sandra S. | 59.9% | 2,078 | 1,391 | 3,469 |
| Pressman, Christian M. | 12.7% | 212 | 1,455 | 1,667 |
| Gonzalez, Maithe | 2.4% | 46 | 1,900 | 1,946 |
| King JR., H. Lloyd | 32.6% | 830 | 1,717 | 2,547 |
| Mart, H. Kevin | 31.4% | 531 | 1,162 | 1,693 |
| Metcalf, Mark H. | 24.9% | 338 | 1,018 | 1,356 |
| Goodwin, Deborah K. | 6.7% | 113 | 1,568 | 1,681 |
| Midgley, Ian D. | 8.8% | 68 | 708 | 776 |
| Brauwerman, Suzan C. | 63.0% | 434 | 255 | 689 |
| Kim, Morgan C. | 1.1% | 3 | 264 | 267 |
| Gross, Michael J. | 0.0% | 0 | 237 | 237 |
| Martinez Joseph | 0.0% | 0 | 191 | 191 |
| Balasquide, Javier E. | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Alexander, Scott C. | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Falcone, Jennifer | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Roster entries without a usable profile denominator: Cruce-Haag, Ann, Bovino, Joe. They are excluded from the rate table above.
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 3.1% | 499 | 15,791 | 16,290 |
| Nicaragua | 4.6% | 482 | 9,978 | 10,460 |
| Honduras | 5.4% | 530 | 9,225 | 9,755 |
| Cuba | 13.3% | 808 | 5,263 | 6,071 |
| Haiti | 4.6% | 253 | 5,256 | 5,509 |
| Venezuela | 11.9% | 594 | 4,418 | 5,012 |
| Colombia | 8.5% | 392 | 4,213 | 4,605 |
| Mexico | 15.8% | 456 | 2,433 | 2,889 |
| Brazil | 5.9% | 160 | 2,570 | 2,730 |
| El Salvador | 10.3% | 182 | 1,584 | 1,766 |
| Peru | 5.7% | 78 | 1,283 | 1,361 |
| Russia | 40.1% | 262 | 391 | 653 |
| Chile | 4.1% | 26 | 608 | 634 |
| Jamaica | 36.1% | 166 | 294 | 460 |
| Ecuador | 10.6% | 41 | 345 | 386 |
| Dominican Republic | 11.2% | 33 | 262 | 295 |
| Romania | 4.1% | 9 | 208 | 217 |
| Turkey | 6.9% | 9 | 121 | 130 |
| Bolivia | 12.4% | 14 | 99 | 113 |
| Argentina | 20.4% | 19 | 74 | 93 |
| Bahamas | 28.4% | 23 | 58 | 81 |
| Israel | 32.9% | 23 | 47 | 70 |
| Vietnam | 37.1% | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| Ukraine | 53.7% | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Costa Rica | 18.0% | 9 | 41 | 50 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 52.2% | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| Spain | 4.4% | 2 | 43 | 45 |
| Panama | 19.0% | 8 | 34 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 41.5% | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| Bangladesh | 37.5% | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| China | 57.5% | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| Canada | 24.2% | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| Belarus | 61.3% | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Uruguay | 31.0% | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| India | 27.6% | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| Guyana | 17.9% | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Italy | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Uzbekistan | 55.6% | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Egypt | 61.5% | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Pakistan | 58.3% | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Nigeria | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 36.4% | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Belize | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| South Africa | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Philippines | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Unknown Nationality | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jordan | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Serbia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| France | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |