13 judges · TX
The San Antonio, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 1.5% across 37,094 decided cases. The court has 13 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The San Antonio, TX Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 1.5% 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. (38,312 total cases), and Brodsky, Richard F. (20,940 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Honduras (11,831 decided, 1.5% grant rate), Mexico (5,275 decided, 10.0% grant rate), and Nicaragua (4,730 decided, 2.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholder, Gary D. | 7.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mcphaul, Glenn P. | 6.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodsky, Richard F. | 10.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winkle, Howard Van | 3.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santander, Daniel J. | 5.1% | 236 | 4,355 | 4,591 |
| Martinez, Anibal D. | 7.2% | 140 | 1,804 | 1,944 |
| Newaz, Rifian S. | 5.5% | 357 | 6,083 | 6,440 |
| Mccullough, Charles M. | 6.7% | 284 | 3,944 | 4,228 |
| Gonzalez, Yvonne S. | 6.7% | 301 | 4,190 | 4,491 |
| Lafuente, Cynthia | 6.4% | 246 | 3,611 | 3,857 |
| Harlow, Craig A. | 8.0% | 206 | 2,355 | 2,561 |
| Adams, Justin | 2.2% | 95 | 4,308 | 4,403 |
| Maldonado, Bernabe Q. | 16.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1.5% | 179 | 11,652 | 11,831 |
| Mexico | 10.0% | 530 | 4,745 | 5,275 |
| Nicaragua | 2.9% | 139 | 4,591 | 4,730 |
| Guatemala | 1.5% | 57 | 3,638 | 3,695 |
| Venezuela | 16.0% | 555 | 2,918 | 3,473 |
| El Salvador | 4.8% | 82 | 1,629 | 1,711 |
| Colombia | 1.6% | 25 | 1,571 | 1,596 |
| Cuba | 14.7% | 157 | 908 | 1,065 |
| Ecuador | 0.1% | 1 | 757 | 758 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 468 | 468 |
| Peru | 1.0% | 4 | 407 | 411 |
| Nepal | 65.4% | 221 | 117 | 338 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 248 | 248 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 13.2% | 19 | 125 | 144 |
| Sri Lanka | 3.5% | 5 | 136 | 141 |
| Angola | 14.8% | 17 | 98 | 115 |
| Haiti | 1.9% | 2 | 106 | 108 |
| Afghanistan | 25.5% | 27 | 79 | 106 |
| Brazil | 10.0% | 10 | 90 | 100 |
| Turkey | 10.6% | 9 | 76 | 85 |
| Cameroon | 80.2% | 65 | 16 | 81 |
| Congo | 24.7% | 19 | 58 | 77 |
| India | 22.9% | 16 | 54 | 70 |
| Russia | 60.7% | 34 | 22 | 56 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Nigeria | 33.3% | 13 | 26 | 39 |
| China | 45.9% | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| Pakistan | 51.4% | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Senegal | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Panama | 8.3% | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| Costa Rica | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Eritrea | 85.7% | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Iraq | 62.5% | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Vietnam | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Guinea | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Ghana | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Philippines | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Chile | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Burkina Faso | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Egypt | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Libya | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |