Judge Haer, Amy Fairchild

Immigration Judge at Atlanta, GA

2.1%

Approval Rate

Granted

4,720

Denied

4,809

Total Decided

Judge Haer, Amy Fairchild serves at the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.1%, 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 Haer (Atlanta, GA) data snapshot: 6,644 cases over 31 years, 2.0% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Haer, Amy Fairchild (IJ code AFH, Atlanta, GA):

Overall track record

31 years on the bench (since 1996), 6,644 cases total, lifetime grant rate 2.0%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 6,445 cases, grant rate 2.0% — roughly in line with the Atlanta court average (1.8%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala             1816    0.9%
Mexico                1516    1.2%
Honduras               897    0.5%
Venezuela              444    2.8%
Nicaragua              386    3.1%
Cuba                   251    5.6%
Colombia               248    0.0%
El Salvador            241    2.0%
Peru                   120    1.1%
Brazil                  75    2.0%
India                   46    6.9%

Year-by-year

2023: 1242 cases, 3.0% grant rate
2024: 1497 cases, 3.5% grant rate
2025: 1994 cases, 1.5% grant rate
2026: 1712 cases, 0.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Haer, 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

Haer, Amy Fairchild is listed with the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 2.1% 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 (1,528 decided, 1.0% grant rate), Mexico (1,155 decided, 1.3% grant rate), and Honduras (781 decided, 0.5% 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	1.0%	15	1,513	1,528
Mexico	1.3%	15	1,140	1,155
Honduras	0.5%	4	777	781
Nicaragua	3.2%	11	332	343
Venezuela	3.5%	10	276	286
El Salvador	2.2%	4	179	183
Colombia	0.0%	0	177	177
Peru	1.1%	1	88	89
Brazil	2.3%	1	43	44
Haiti	0.0%	0	25	25
India	4.0%	1	24	25
Nigeria	21.1%	4	15	19
Cuba	5.6%	1	17	18
Turkey	11.8%	2	15	17
Jamaica	31.2%	5	11	16
Senegal	13.3%	2	13	15
Ecuador	0.0%	0	14	14
Vietnam	7.1%	1	13	14
Russia	36.4%	4	7	11
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	9	9
Romania	0.0%	0	7	7
Ghana	83.3%	5	1	6
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	6	6
China	50.0%	2	2	4
Guinea	0.0%	0	4	4
South Korea	0.0%	0	3	3
Pakistan	33.3%	1	2	3
Mali	0.0%	0	3	3
Belize	0.0%	0	2	2
Unknown Country	0.0%	0	1	1
Chile	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.7%	7	935	942
2025	1.5%	26	1,752	1,778
2024	3.5%	39	1,077	1,116
2023	3.0%	30	984	1,014
2022	2.3%	1	42	43
2021	100.0%	1	0	1
2020	0.0%	0	17	17