Immigration Judge at Atlanta, GA
Judge Bryan D. Watson serves at the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 13.2%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Bryan D. Watson is listed with the Atlanta, GA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 13.2% 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 (182 decided, 7.1% grant rate), Nicaragua (117 decided, 1.7% grant rate), and Mexico (96 decided, 11.5% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 182 | 7.1% |
| Nicaragua | 117 | 1.7% |
| Mexico | 96 | 11.5% |
| Venezuela | 94 | 26.6% |
| Honduras | 81 | 11.1% |
| El Salvador | 64 | 20.3% |
| Colombia | 8 | 12.5% |
| India | 7 | 28.6% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 407 | 10.1% |
| 2022 | 247 | 18.6% |
| 2021 | 68 | 23.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0.0% |
Judge Bryan D. Watson's asylum approval rate is 13.2% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 783 total asylum cases for Judge Bryan D. Watson.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.