21 judges · TX
The Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 4.1% across 13,674 decided cases. The court has 21 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 4.1% 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 Lane, Denise A. Marks (20,581 total cases), De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez (10,262 total cases), and Crossan, Thomas G., JR. (9,997 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (3,887 decided, 3.2% grant rate), Honduras (2,477 decided, 1.0% grant rate), and Venezuela (1,762 decided, 5.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane, Denise A. Marks | 9.3% | 196 | 1,907 | 2,103 |
| De Jongh, Lourdes Rodriguez | 9.0% | 153 | 1,546 | 1,699 |
| Crossan, Thomas G., JR. | 3.7% | 60 | 1,543 | 1,603 |
| Tijerina, Eric J. | 3.7% | 211 | 5,454 | 5,665 |
| Tyrakoski, Meredith B. | 3.6% | 133 | 3,559 | 3,692 |
| Jamadar, Richard A. | 8.2% | 226 | 2,528 | 2,754 |
| Martinez, Elizabeth | 1.6% | 46 | 2,755 | 2,801 |
| Mckee, Robert R. | 3.6% | 67 | 1,780 | 1,847 |
| Alcorn, Stuart Douglas | 8.4% | 167 | 1,823 | 1,990 |
| Martin, Clay Nelson | 4.9% | 108 | 2,098 | 2,206 |
| Paulissen, Walter L. | 6.5% | 102 | 1,460 | 1,562 |
| Segovia, Veronica Marie. | 1.2% | 19 | 1,598 | 1,617 |
| Terrill, Kevin | 1.7% | 28 | 1,594 | 1,622 |
| Andelin, Joseph Q. | 1.2% | 1 | 84 | 85 |
| Mazza, Jennifer L. | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chavez, Linda L. | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ambrose, Dillon J. | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Day, Christopher | 87.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wetmore, David | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karnes Detail Judge 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilley Detail Judge 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3.2% | 123 | 3,764 | 3,887 |
| Honduras | 1.0% | 26 | 2,451 | 2,477 |
| Venezuela | 5.9% | 104 | 1,658 | 1,762 |
| Guatemala | 1.0% | 12 | 1,134 | 1,146 |
| Cuba | 14.6% | 123 | 717 | 840 |
| Nicaragua | 10.3% | 69 | 603 | 672 |
| El Salvador | 3.6% | 21 | 562 | 583 |
| Colombia | 2.1% | 11 | 520 | 531 |
| Ecuador | 2.2% | 6 | 266 | 272 |
| Cameroon | 45.8% | 55 | 65 | 120 |
| China | 7.4% | 8 | 100 | 108 |
| Peru | 2.3% | 2 | 86 | 88 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.3% | 2 | 86 | 88 |
| Brazil | 2.4% | 2 | 83 | 85 |
| Nepal | 2.6% | 2 | 74 | 76 |
| Iran | 42.7% | 32 | 43 | 75 |
| Haiti | 4.1% | 3 | 71 | 74 |
| India | 1.4% | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| Russia | 10.3% | 7 | 61 | 68 |
| Egypt | 13.5% | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| Afghanistan | 28.6% | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| Pakistan | 8.8% | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| Turkey | 8.8% | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| Georgia | 27.3% | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Sri Lanka | 27.3% | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Eritrea | 51.9% | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Uzbekistan | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Angola | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Syria | 8.0% | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Jamaica | 8.7% | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Guinea | 27.3% | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| Jordan | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Vietnam | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 26.3% | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| Senegal | 47.4% | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Romania | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 13.3% | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Congo | 14.3% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Nigeria | 15.4% | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Ghana | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Bolivia | 20.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Sudan | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Azerbaijan | 11.1% | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Armenia | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Mali | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Somalia | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Holland | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |