Immigration Judge at New York Broadway, NY
Judge Brigitte Laforest serves at the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 56.5%, this judge is above average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Brigitte Laforest is listed with the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 56.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (528 decided, 17.0% grant rate), Honduras (196 decided, 16.3% grant rate), and China (186 decided, 84.4% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 528 | 17.0% |
| Honduras | 196 | 16.3% |
| China | 186 | 84.4% |
| Dominican Republic | 157 | 3.2% |
| Guatemala | 150 | 11.3% |
| India | 102 | 55.9% |
| Colombia | 94 | 6.4% |
| Peru | 94 | 2.1% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 300 | 10.7% |
| 2024 | 626 | 19.6% |
| 2023 | 469 | 33.0% |
| 2022 | 359 | 27.0% |
| 2021 | 50 | 84.0% |
| 2020 | 422 | 56.9% |
Judge Brigitte Laforest's asylum approval rate is 56.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 13,392 total asylum cases for Judge Brigitte Laforest.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.