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The San Antonio, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 5.9% across 186,441 decided cases. The court has 22 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The San Antonio, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 5.9% 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 Burkholder, Gary D. (44,765 total cases), Mcphaul, Glenn P. (38,308 total cases), and Burkhart, Margaret D. (26,238 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (13,588 decided, 1.4% grant rate), Mexico (6,837 decided, 8.2% grant rate), and Nicaragua (5,471 decided, 2.6% 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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| Judge | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholder, Gary D. | 7.8% | 2,876 | 33,966 | 36,842 |
| Mcphaul, Glenn P. | 6.4% | 2,085 | 30,255 | 32,340 |
| Burkhart, Margaret D. | 10.5% | 1,957 | 16,736 | 18,693 |
| Brodsky, Richard F. | 10.1% | 1,813 | 16,181 | 17,994 |
| Winkle, Howard Van | 3.3% | 414 | 11,947 | 12,361 |
| Santander, Daniel J. | 7.0% | 625 | 8,253 | 8,878 |
| Martinez, Anibal D. | 7.9% | 523 | 6,126 | 6,649 |
| Newaz, Rifian S. | 5.2% | 428 | 7,808 | 8,236 |
| Crossan, Thomas G., JR. | 5.9% | 415 | 6,655 | 7,070 |
| Mccullough, Charles M. | 6.6% | 489 | 6,883 | 7,372 |
| Tijerina, Eric J. | 3.6% | 273 | 7,373 | 7,646 |
| Gonzalez, Yvonne S. | 6.3% | 452 | 6,727 | 7,179 |
| Lafuente, Cynthia | 4.9% | 316 | 6,146 | 6,462 |
| Tyrakoski, Meredith B. | 5.5% | 332 | 5,679 | 6,011 |
| Adams, Justin | 2.5% | 168 | 6,430 | 6,598 |
| Harlow, Craig A. | 8.5% | 458 | 4,951 | 5,409 |
| Martinez, Elizabeth | 2.5% | 92 | 3,620 | 3,712 |
| Maldonado, Bernabe Q. | 16.5% | 764 | 3,863 | 4,627 |
| Poellet, Keira | 2.2% | 3 | 133 | 136 |
| Craig, Kamra | 0.0% | 0 | 112 | 112 |
| Rodriquez, Brittany A. | 0.0% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Zumwalt, Maureen | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.4% | 186 | 13,402 | 13,588 |
| Mexico | 8.2% | 561 | 6,276 | 6,837 |
| Nicaragua | 2.6% | 142 | 5,329 | 5,471 |
| Venezuela | 10.8% | 562 | 4,623 | 5,185 |
| Guatemala | 1.4% | 59 | 4,263 | 4,322 |
| Colombia | 1.2% | 29 | 2,417 | 2,446 |
| El Salvador | 4.4% | 82 | 1,789 | 1,871 |
| Cuba | 12.9% | 163 | 1,099 | 1,262 |
| Ecuador | 0.2% | 2 | 990 | 992 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 631 | 631 |
| Peru | 1.0% | 6 | 614 | 620 |
| Nepal | 61.7% | 229 | 142 | 371 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 339 | 339 |
| Sri Lanka | 2.7% | 5 | 182 | 187 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 13.6% | 20 | 127 | 147 |
| Brazil | 7.2% | 10 | 128 | 138 |
| Afghanistan | 22.4% | 28 | 97 | 125 |
| Haiti | 1.6% | 2 | 121 | 123 |
| Angola | 14.4% | 17 | 101 | 118 |
| Turkey | 9.2% | 9 | 89 | 98 |
| Cameroon | 77.3% | 68 | 20 | 88 |
| India | 19.3% | 16 | 67 | 83 |
| Congo | 22.9% | 19 | 64 | 83 |
| Russia | 62.0% | 44 | 27 | 71 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| China | 39.1% | 18 | 28 | 46 |
| Nigeria | 32.6% | 14 | 29 | 43 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Pakistan | 51.4% | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Panama | 5.6% | 2 | 34 | 36 |
| Costa Rica | 2.9% | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| Senegal | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Vietnam | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Eritrea | 85.7% | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Chile | 23.5% | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Guinea | 43.8% | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Iraq | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Philippines | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Burkina Faso | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jamaica | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sudan | 42.9% | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |