6 judges · TX
The Pearsall, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 12.8% across 3,410 decided cases. The court has 6 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Pearsall, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 12.8% 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 Cigarroa, Barbara Gonzalez (3,528 total cases), MacGregor, Margaret R. (2,248 total cases), and Jostad, Brent (619 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (1,203 decided, 5.2% grant rate), Venezuela (420 decided, 1.2% grant rate), and Honduras (327 decided, 0.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarroa, Barbara Gonzalez | 3.5% | 38 | 1,050 | 1,088 |
| MacGregor, Margaret R. | 8.2% | 104 | 1,166 | 1,270 |
| Jostad, Brent | 11.6% | 52 | 395 | 447 |
| Brown, Jefferson | 2.5% | 1 | 39 | 40 |
| Smith, Jason | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Nevarez-Myrick, Nancy | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 5.2% | 62 | 1,141 | 1,203 |
| Venezuela | 1.2% | 5 | 415 | 420 |
| Honduras | 0.9% | 3 | 324 | 327 |
| Guatemala | 0.8% | 2 | 241 | 243 |
| El Salvador | 1.3% | 2 | 151 | 153 |
| Colombia | 1.3% | 2 | 149 | 151 |
| Cuba | 14.9% | 15 | 86 | 101 |
| Ecuador | 1.1% | 1 | 94 | 95 |
| Russia | 40.8% | 29 | 42 | 71 |
| Nicaragua | 7.5% | 5 | 62 | 67 |
| Brazil | 3.6% | 2 | 54 | 56 |
| Iran | 37.0% | 17 | 29 | 46 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| Afghanistan | 41.9% | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| China | 21.1% | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| India | 3.1% | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Angola | 15.0% | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 16.7% | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Cameroon | 16.7% | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Nepal | 25.0% | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Georgia | 18.8% | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Egypt | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Haiti | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Nigeria | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 16.7% | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Togo | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Pakistan | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Turkey | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Jordan | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Ghana | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Jamaica | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Iraq | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Mauritania | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |