Judge Burke, Brian

Judge Burke, Brian

Immigration Judge at Orlando, FL

12.9%

Approval Rate

372

Granted

2,635

Denied

3,007

Total Decided

Judge Burke, Brian serves at the Orlando, FL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.9%, 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 Burke (Orlando, FL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 20% to 3% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Burke, Brian (IJ code BB2, Orlando, FL):

Overall track record

25 years on the bench (since 2002), 5,356 cases total, lifetime grant rate 12.3%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,226 cases, grant rate 8.9% — 3.2pp above the Orlando court average (5.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Cuba                  1301    5.0%
Mexico                 441    6.3%
Guatemala              382    1.4%
Honduras               328    0.3%
Venezuela              315    3.0%
Colombia               280    0.8%
Nicaragua              221    1.4%
El Salvador            151    8.6%
Haiti                  129    0.0%
Brazil                  96    0.0%
Armenia                 83   72.4%

Year-by-year

2023:  636 cases, 19.5% grant rate
2024:  739 cases, 18.2% grant rate
2025: 1681 cases, 1.3% grant rate
2026: 1170 cases, 3.2% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Burke, 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

Burke, Brian is listed with the Orlando, FL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (593 decided, 9.1% grant rate), Guatemala (403 decided, 4.0% grant rate), and Honduras (313 decided, 0.3% 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
Mexico	9.1%	54	539	593
Guatemala	4.0%	16	387	403
Honduras	0.3%	1	312	313
Venezuela	2.1%	5	229	234
Nicaragua	2.2%	5	225	230
El Salvador	14.7%	33	192	225
Colombia	1.3%	3	222	225
Armenia	72.7%	96	36	132
Russia	48.9%	46	48	94
Haiti	0.0%	0	88	88
Peru	0.0%	0	73	73
Cuba	8.5%	6	65	71
Brazil	0.0%	0	67	67
India	48.8%	20	21	41
Ecuador	4.3%	1	22	23
Iran	90.9%	20	2	22
Chile	0.0%	0	20	20
Philippines	43.8%	7	9	16
Romania	0.0%	0	16	16
Uganda	58.3%	7	5	12
Jamaica	0.0%	0	9	9
Syria	100.0%	8	0	8
China	87.5%	7	1	8
Kazakhstan	100.0%	8	0	8
Vietnam	0.0%	0	6	6
Israel	83.3%	5	1	6
Ukraine	50.0%	3	3	6
Belize	20.0%	1	4	5
Laos	0.0%	0	5	5
Bangladesh	80.0%	4	1	5
Dominican Republic	20.0%	1	4	5
Cameroon	25.0%	1	3	4
Pakistan	100.0%	4	0	4
Iraq	100.0%	4	0	4
Portugal	0.0%	0	4	4
Chad	0.0%	0	4	4
Belarus	100.0%	4	0	4
Soviet Union	66.7%	2	1	3
Turkey	0.0%	0	3	3
Italy	0.0%	0	3	3
Thailand	0.0%	0	2	2
Hungary	0.0%	0	2	2
Panama	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.6%	19	514	533
2025	1.3%	11	856	867
2024	18.2%	94	422	516
2023	19.5%	111	458	569
2022	50.2%	131	130	261
2021	16.7%	43	214	257
2020	7.4%	11	138	149

Community Discussion

Judge Burke (Orlando, FL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 20% to 3% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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