29 judges · NY
The New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.0% across 61,615 decided cases. The court has 29 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.0% 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 Laforest, Brigitte (15,844 total cases), Poczter, Aviva L. (8,679 total cases), and Cassin, Olivia L. (4,828 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Ecuador (16,284 decided, 7.0% grant rate), Guatemala (5,105 decided, 5.0% grant rate), and Honduras (4,409 decided, 11.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laforest, Brigitte | 29.4% | 618 | 1,484 | 2,102 |
| Poczter, Aviva L. | 22.5% | 586 | 2,017 | 2,603 |
| Cassin, Olivia L. | 54.8% | 777 | 642 | 1,419 |
| Burns, John | 1.2% | 47 | 3,924 | 3,971 |
| Gundlach, Robert | 22.1% | 574 | 2,019 | 2,593 |
| Mccarthy, James M. | 20.3% | 498 | 1,950 | 2,448 |
| Mckee, James | 4.3% | 169 | 3,731 | 3,900 |
| Chung, Jennifer | 17.4% | 603 | 2,871 | 3,474 |
| Perl, Adam | 9.6% | 288 | 2,717 | 3,005 |
| Navarro, Maria E. | 37.5% | 728 | 1,212 | 1,940 |
| Calvelli, Andrew | 20.2% | 551 | 2,183 | 2,734 |
| Lazare-Raphael, Shirley | 16.4% | 460 | 2,352 | 2,812 |
| Krasinski, Carolyn | 12.9% | 315 | 2,128 | 2,443 |
| Moore, Carol | 10.9% | 263 | 2,151 | 2,414 |
| Bartleson, Thomas | 25.7% | 551 | 1,593 | 2,144 |
| Dodd, Diane | 5.8% | 120 | 1,940 | 2,060 |
| Lloyd, Michael | 16.6% | 313 | 1,569 | 1,882 |
| Bratton, Scott | 14.4% | 261 | 1,550 | 1,811 |
| Lebreton, Tanawa | 20.3% | 312 | 1,228 | 1,540 |
| Grogan, Edward | 15.6% | 217 | 1,171 | 1,388 |
| Habib, Fayaz | 6.5% | 89 | 1,278 | 1,367 |
| Xu, ShaSha | 5.3% | 71 | 1,272 | 1,343 |
| Diao, Anna | 10.6% | 143 | 1,209 | 1,352 |
| Martinez Soler, Dianna Michelle. | 23.9% | 298 | 951 | 1,249 |
| Lee, Kalenna | 12.9% | 168 | 1,138 | 1,306 |
| Sanon, Chevone Teranza. | 9.5% | 109 | 1,036 | 1,145 |
| Addicott, Jacob T. | 1.4% | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| Visiting Judge 11 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urraca, Yaniris | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 7.0% | 1,139 | 15,145 | 16,284 |
| Guatemala | 5.0% | 254 | 4,851 | 5,105 |
| Honduras | 11.3% | 500 | 3,909 | 4,409 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.2% | 93 | 4,120 | 4,213 |
| Colombia | 10.5% | 371 | 3,164 | 3,535 |
| Peru | 5.6% | 194 | 3,266 | 3,460 |
| Venezuela | 10.8% | 302 | 2,487 | 2,789 |
| Senegal | 7.8% | 194 | 2,306 | 2,500 |
| China | 70.2% | 1,555 | 659 | 2,214 |
| Guinea | 34.0% | 626 | 1,215 | 1,841 |
| El Salvador | 24.5% | 402 | 1,238 | 1,640 |
| Mexico | 15.8% | 226 | 1,206 | 1,432 |
| India | 42.9% | 603 | 802 | 1,405 |
| Bangladesh | 63.0% | 607 | 357 | 964 |
| Ghana | 45.1% | 394 | 480 | 874 |
| Nicaragua | 18.4% | 146 | 648 | 794 |
| Jamaica | 20.1% | 157 | 623 | 780 |
| Haiti | 12.2% | 84 | 607 | 691 |
| Mauritania | 20.2% | 138 | 545 | 683 |
| Russia | 68.5% | 358 | 165 | 523 |
| Albania | 72.2% | 348 | 134 | 482 |
| Burkina Faso | 44.0% | 158 | 201 | 359 |
| Dominica | 0.6% | 2 | 328 | 330 |
| Pakistan | 54.5% | 165 | 138 | 303 |
| Uzbekistan | 63.2% | 172 | 100 | 272 |
| Brazil | 9.5% | 25 | 238 | 263 |
| Georgia | 60.1% | 146 | 97 | 243 |
| Nepal | 64.2% | 147 | 82 | 229 |
| Gambia | 25.8% | 57 | 164 | 221 |
| Kosovo | 67.7% | 128 | 61 | 189 |
| Soviet Union | 77.6% | 132 | 38 | 170 |
| Nigeria | 63.2% | 98 | 57 | 155 |
| Mali | 26.5% | 41 | 114 | 155 |
| Togo | 25.4% | 33 | 97 | 130 |
| Chile | 15.7% | 20 | 107 | 127 |
| Turkey | 24.4% | 31 | 96 | 127 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 51.8% | 58 | 54 | 112 |
| Ukraine | 76.3% | 74 | 23 | 97 |
| Romania | 9.4% | 8 | 77 | 85 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.7% | 2 | 72 | 74 |
| Singapore | 10.8% | 8 | 66 | 74 |
| Panama | 11.0% | 8 | 65 | 73 |
| Chad | 4.6% | 3 | 62 | 65 |
| Afghanistan | 75.0% | 48 | 16 | 64 |
| Sri Lanka | 40.7% | 24 | 35 | 59 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 67.9% | 38 | 18 | 56 |
| Egypt | 66.0% | 35 | 18 | 53 |
| Vietnam | 15.1% | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| Cuba | 27.5% | 14 | 37 | 51 |
| Guyana | 42.9% | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| Kazakhstan | 63.3% | 31 | 18 | 49 |
| Paraguay | 0.0% | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| Yemen | 48.8% | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| Argentina | 10.8% | 4 | 33 | 37 |
| Congo | 14.7% | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| Sudan | 27.3% | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Morocco | 3.0% | 1 | 32 | 33 |
| Angola | 15.6% | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 54.8% | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Unknown Nationality | 42.9% | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| Azerbaijan | 40.7% | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Serbia | 83.3% | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| Costa Rica | 12.5% | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Belize | 4.2% | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| Belarus | 81.8% | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 84.2% | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Benin | 16.7% | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 81.2% | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 68.8% | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| Bermuda | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Ireland | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Poland | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Niger | 35.7% | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Sierra Leone | 57.1% | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Bhutan | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Bahamas | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Hungary | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Mozambique | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| South Korea | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Comoro Islands | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Guinea Bissau | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Slovak Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |