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Judge Brigitte Laforest

Immigration Judge at New York Broadway, NY

Snapshot answer

The 2026-07-01 snapshot lists a 56.5% historical asylum grant rate for Brigitte Laforest at New York Broadway, NY, based on 7,563 grants and 5,829 denials (13,392 decided outcomes).

56.5%
Approval Rate
7,563
Granted
5,829
Denied
13,392
Total Decided

The 2026-07-01 EOIR snapshot lists Brigitte Laforest with New York Broadway, NY. With an asylum approval rate of 56.5%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review). Historical listings do not by themselves establish a current assignment.

What This Profile's Data Shows

Same-court context

Its 56.5% historical rate is 39.3 percentage points above the 17.2% median among 27 same-court profiles with at least 100 decided outcomes.

Published yearly context

The latest qualifying published year is 2025: 10.7% across 300 decisions, 9.0 percentage points below the 2024 rate.

Largest nationality sample

The largest published nationality row is Ecuador: 528 decisions and a 17.0% grant rate in that row's stated scope.

These comparisons describe published historical aggregates; they do not measure judge quality, control for case mix, establish a current assignment, or predict an individual outcome. Thresholds are applied only to reduce unstable small-sample comparisons.

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Brigitte Laforest is listed with the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 56.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (528 decided, 17.0% grant rate), Honduras (196 decided, 16.3% grant rate), and China (186 decided, 84.4% grant rate). Compare these rows with the judge's overall rate because nationality mix can materially change how the headline number should be read.

Grant rate is calculated as granted / (granted + denied). Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.

This page is based on public EOIR data last updated 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Ecuador 528 17.0%
Honduras 196 16.3%
China 186 84.4%
Dominican Republic 157 3.2%
Guatemala 150 11.3%
India 102 55.9%
Colombia 94 6.4%
Peru 94 2.1%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2025 300 10.7%
2024 626 19.6%
2023 469 33.0%
2022 359 27.0%
2021 50 84.0%
2020 422 56.9%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Brigitte Laforest's asylum approval rate?

Judge Brigitte Laforest's asylum approval rate is 56.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Brigitte Laforest decided?

The dataset lists 13,392 total asylum cases for Judge Brigitte Laforest.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

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