30 judges · CA
The Santa Ana, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum approval rate of 9.8% across 53,624 decided cases. The court has 30 immigration judges. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
The Santa Ana, CA Immigration Court has an overall asylum grant rate of 9.8% 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 Francis, Leon J. (4,564 total cases), Hsu, Lily C (4,559 total cases), and Rothschild, Jerome M., JR. (4,227 total cases). The largest nationality groups shown for this court include Mexico (15,834 decided, 3.7% grant rate), Colombia (6,604 decided, 2.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (6,449 decided, 1.9% 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 2026-07-01. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis, Leon J. | 9.9% | 411 | 3,758 | 4,169 |
| Hsu, Lily C | 10.9% | 459 | 3,748 | 4,207 |
| Rothschild, Jerome M., JR. | 9.1% | 339 | 3,397 | 3,736 |
| Hom, Howard C. | 15.2% | 570 | 3,188 | 3,758 |
| Piepmeier, Kristin | 3.1% | 105 | 3,284 | 3,389 |
| Walker, Nathaniel B. | 7.2% | 230 | 2,957 | 3,187 |
| Fishkin, Andrew | 15.7% | 488 | 2,613 | 3,101 |
| Simmons, Gregory L. | 10.9% | 317 | 2,579 | 2,896 |
| Norregard, Aggie | 5.9% | 172 | 2,760 | 2,932 |
| Noche, Joyce | 15.8% | 444 | 2,374 | 2,818 |
| Huang, Jonathan | 5.6% | 157 | 2,637 | 2,794 |
| Lee, Wilbur | 7.9% | 189 | 2,192 | 2,381 |
| Ghasri, Iman | 8.3% | 213 | 2,366 | 2,579 |
| Tadros-Ibarra, Terese | 14.5% | 335 | 1,981 | 2,316 |
| McFadden, Anita | 7.6% | 189 | 2,288 | 2,477 |
| Waterloo, Jason R. | 21.9% | 420 | 1,496 | 1,916 |
| Libeu, Heather | 7.0% | 125 | 1,655 | 1,780 |
| McNary, Christopher D. | 8.6% | 136 | 1,440 | 1,576 |
| Margolin, Daren K. | 11.7% | 22 | 166 | 188 |
| Wells, Nicole I. | 4.3% | 3 | 66 | 69 |
| Fan, Terexa | 0.0% | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| Stephan, Paul E. | 0.0% | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| Goss, Ellaine L. | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Visiting Judge 16 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Visiting Judge 19 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Visiting Judge 21 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 22 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 26 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 18 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visiting Judge 28 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3.7% | 587 | 15,247 | 15,834 |
| Colombia | 2.0% | 131 | 6,473 | 6,604 |
| Guatemala | 1.9% | 120 | 6,329 | 6,449 |
| Nicaragua | 6.7% | 398 | 5,548 | 5,946 |
| China | 40.4% | 1,148 | 1,697 | 2,845 |
| Venezuela | 4.2% | 93 | 2,121 | 2,214 |
| Honduras | 2.2% | 47 | 2,079 | 2,126 |
| El Salvador | 6.1% | 121 | 1,860 | 1,981 |
| Peru | 1.8% | 34 | 1,867 | 1,901 |
| India | 22.1% | 345 | 1,219 | 1,564 |
| Russia | 53.3% | 620 | 544 | 1,164 |
| Romania | 1.8% | 14 | 780 | 794 |
| Ecuador | 0.9% | 5 | 561 | 566 |
| Egypt | 74.2% | 271 | 94 | 365 |
| Turkey | 41.3% | 124 | 176 | 300 |
| Iran | 77.2% | 213 | 63 | 276 |
| Vietnam | 12.8% | 25 | 170 | 195 |
| Indonesia | 69.5% | 130 | 57 | 187 |
| Syria | 61.5% | 91 | 57 | 148 |
| Philippines | 28.5% | 39 | 98 | 137 |
| Jordan | 30.1% | 34 | 79 | 113 |
| Cuba | 15.9% | 17 | 90 | 107 |
| Kazakhstan | 36.5% | 38 | 66 | 104 |
| Belarus | 76.0% | 73 | 23 | 96 |
| Afghanistan | 20.2% | 19 | 75 | 94 |
| South Korea | 54.4% | 43 | 36 | 79 |
| Brazil | 4.4% | 3 | 65 | 68 |
| Nigeria | 33.3% | 20 | 40 | 60 |
| Bolivia | 1.8% | 1 | 56 | 57 |
| Unknown Nationality | 7.4% | 4 | 50 | 54 |
| Belize | 9.4% | 5 | 48 | 53 |
| Nepal | 24.0% | 12 | 38 | 50 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 22.9% | 11 | 37 | 48 |
| Iraq | 73.8% | 31 | 11 | 42 |
| Costa Rica | 2.7% | 1 | 36 | 37 |
| Pakistan | 61.3% | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Kenya | 50.0% | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Comoro Islands | 58.6% | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| Cameroon | 57.1% | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Argentina | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Armenia | 16.7% | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| Canada | 27.3% | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| Lebanon | 86.4% | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| Tunisia | 59.1% | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Bangladesh | 66.7% | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country | 90.0% | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Chile | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Sudan | 35.7% | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Ethiopia | 66.7% | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Jamaica | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Thailand | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Turkmenistan | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Azerbaijan | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Somalia | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Panama | 22.2% | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Eritrea | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Mongolia | 100.0% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Taiwan | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 75.0% | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Morocco | 28.6% | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Palestine | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Ghana | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Georgia | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Libya | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Guinea | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |