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Judge Nelson, Barbara A.

Immigration Judge at New York City, NY

28.8%
Approval Rate
727
Granted
2,547
Denied
3,274
Total Decided

Judge Nelson, Barbara A. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 28.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Ecuador 4.4% 29 633 662
China 52.1% 172 158 330
Venezuela 6.2% 16 242 258
Guatemala 22.8% 55 186 241
Colombia 2.8% 6 209 215
El Salvador 36.9% 76 130 206
Honduras 22.2% 39 137 176
India 24.7% 41 125 166
Mexico 20.6% 22 85 107
Dominican Republic 19.4% 18 75 93
Peru 5.2% 4 73 77
Bangladesh 65.0% 39 21 60
Russia 34.7% 17 32 49
Nepal 21.3% 10 37 47
Uzbekistan 10.6% 5 42 47
Haiti 5.3% 2 36 38
Jamaica 37.5% 12 20 32
Guinea 54.8% 17 14 31
Georgia 3.3% 1 29 30
Nicaragua 0.0% 0 26 26
Albania 46.2% 12 14 26
Chad 3.8% 1 25 26
Sri Lanka 52.0% 13 12 25
Senegal 0.0% 0 23 23
Pakistan 36.4% 8 14 22
Soviet Union 75.0% 15 5 20
Nigeria 89.5% 17 2 19
Trinidad And Tobago 66.7% 12 6 18
Mauritania 0.0% 0 17 17
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 93.8% 15 1 16
Afghanistan 50.0% 8 8 16
Turkey 33.3% 5 10 15
Paraguay 0.0% 0 15 15
Romania 0.0% 0 9 9
Gambia 88.9% 8 1 9
Panama 0.0% 0 9 9
Brazil 0.0% 0 9 9
Burkina Faso 62.5% 5 3 8
Egypt 37.5% 3 5 8
Guyana 57.1% 4 3 7
Ireland 0.0% 0 6 6
South Korea 0.0% 0 6 6
Tajikistan (Tadzhik) 33.3% 2 4 6
United Kingdom 0.0% 0 6 6
Mali 16.7% 1 5 6
Ghana 75.0% 3 1 4
Ukraine 50.0% 2 2 4
Burma (Myanmar) 100.0% 4 0 4
Dominica 25.0% 1 3 4
Morocco 0.0% 0 4 4
Democratic Republic Of Congo 0.0% 0 3 3
Mozambique 100.0% 3 0 3
Poland 100.0% 3 0 3
Turkmenistan 0.0% 0 3 3
Israel 0.0% 0 3 3
Yemen 100.0% 1 0 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20262.5%12465477
202511.5%99763862
202417.5%124585709
202333.9%186362548
202257.1%233175408
202163.9%392261
202026.7%104285389

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