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Asylum court data, ready to use

Free to use in videos, posts and articles. Keep the source line and the numbers as they are. Updated every month.

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U.S. asylum grant rate: 34.8% in FY2021 → 2.9% in FY2026
U.S. asylum grant rate: 34.8% in FY2021 → 2.9% in FY2026Vertical 9:16 · Horizontal 16:9
Asylum grant rate by nationality
Asylum grant rate by nationalityVertical 9:16 · Horizontal 16:9
New York City, NY: same court, judges grant asylum from 0.0% to 75.7%
New York City, NY: same court, judges grant asylum from 0.0% to 75.7%Vertical 9:16 · Horizontal 16:9
Highest and lowest grant-rate immigration courts
Highest and lowest grant-rate immigration courtsVertical 9:16 · Horizontal 16:9
Venezuela applicants: grant rate by immigration court
Venezuela applicants: grant rate by immigration courtVertical 9:16 · Horizontal 16:9

How to credit

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Data: AsylumTracker (asylumtracker.com), based on official EOIR immigration-court records, as of Oct 1, 2026.

  • Keep the source line on the image, or put the line above in your caption or description.
  • Do not change the numbers. You may crop, translate the titles or recolor the chart.
  • Past grant rates describe history, not anyone's chances; please do not present them as predictions or legal advice.

Key numbers

The numbers behind the charts

  • U.S. asylum grant rate: 34.8% in FY2021 → 2.9% in FY2026
  • Asylum grant rate by nationality: Mexico 7.9%, Honduras 4.0%, Guatemala 5.2%, Venezuela 8.0%, El Salvador 14.4%, Nicaragua 6.4%, Colombia 4.2%, Ecuador 6.0%
  • New York City, NY: same court, judges grant asylum from 0.0% to 75.7%
  • Highest and lowest grant-rate immigration courts: New York City, NY 44.7%, San Francisco, CA 43.0%, Honolulu, HI 42.7%, Sacramento, CA 34.9%, West Los Angeles, CA 29.4% … Atlanta Detained, GA 3.1%, Houston Greenspoint, TX 2.5%, Houston South, TX 1.6%, Stewart, GA 1.6%, Baton Rouge, LA 0.4%
  • Venezuela applicants: grant rate by immigration court: Dallas, TX 1.5%, Chicago, IL 6.7%, New York City, NY 3.7%, Salt Lake City, UT 41.2%, Orlando, FL 10.9%, San Antonio, TX 7.0%

Data: AsylumTracker · official EOIR data · as of Oct 1, 2026 · asylumtracker.com

Tables & requests

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Download the full tables as CSV: grant rates by court · grant rates by nationality. For a custom chart (a court, a judge, a nationality), email [email protected] with the subject “Data request”. How the numbers are calculated: methodology.