Judge Chugh, Amit

Judge Chugh, Amit

13.4%

Approval Rate

241

Granted

1,594

Denied

1,835

Total Decided

Judge Chugh, Amit serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 13.4%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Chugh (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 43% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Chugh, Amit (IJ code AC2, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

33 years on the bench (since 1994), 4,948 cases total, lifetime grant rate 13.1%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 1,647 cases, grant rate 12.8% — 8.9pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 396    2.3%
Guatemala              251    3.1%
El Salvador            138    8.0%
Nicaragua              128    5.7%
Colombia               127    0.0%
Honduras               105    5.3%
China                   67   73.6%
Russia                  65   55.6%
Ecuador                 59    1.7%
Venezuela               59    3.6%
Peru                    40    7.5%

Year-by-year

2023:   92 cases, 43.0% grant rate
2024:  184 cases, 58.4% grant rate
2025:  838 cases, 5.3% grant rate
2026:  533 cases, 4.2% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Chugh, I'd love to hear:

1. What's your nationality, and when was your most recent hearing?

2. How did your attorney prepare for this judge specifically?

Source: EOIR (U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review) public statistics, May 2026 release, compiled by AsylumTracker. A judge's historical pattern does not predict the outcome of any individual case; this is shared to help set realistic expectations. Real-experience accounts from the community are welcome.

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How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Chugh, Amit is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 13.4% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (422 decided, 4.3% grant rate), Mexico (340 decided, 6.8% grant rate), and Honduras (305 decided, 6.2% 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 2026-05-08. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Guatemala	4.3%	18	404	422
Mexico	6.8%	23	317	340
Honduras	6.2%	19	286	305
El Salvador	9.0%	12	122	134
Colombia	0.9%	1	114	115
Nicaragua	6.4%	7	103	110
China	71.1%	54	22	76
Ecuador	16.9%	12	59	71
Russia	57.4%	35	26	61
Venezuela	4.7%	2	41	43
Peru	8.8%	3	31	34
India	35.3%	6	11	17
Bangladesh	76.5%	13	4	17
Georgia	53.8%	7	6	13
Belize	11.1%	1	8	9
Dominican Republic	28.6%	2	5	7
Uzbekistan	83.3%	5	1	6
Nepal	100.0%	6	0	6
Ukraine	80.0%	4	1	5
Egypt	60.0%	3	2	5
Turkey	20.0%	1	4	5
Philippines	0.0%	0	5	5
Unknown Nationality	0.0%	0	4	4
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Cameroon	0.0%	0	3	3
Brazil	0.0%	0	3	3
Iraq	100.0%	3	0	3
Albania	100.0%	3	0	3
Nigeria	0.0%	0	3	3
Bolivia	0.0%	0	3	3
Iran	50.0%	1	1	2
Cuba	0.0%	0	1	1
Pakistan	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.9%	12	299	311
2025	5.3%	40	712	752
2024	58.4%	90	64	154
2023	43.0%	34	45	79
2022	55.4%	46	37	83
2021	60.5%	23	15	38
2020	8.2%	42	473	515

Community Discussion

Judge Chugh (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 43% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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