Immigration Judge at Houston, TX
Judge Bao Q. Nguyen serves at the Houston, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.9%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Bao Q. Nguyen is listed with the Houston, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (1,558 decided, 2.8% grant rate), Guatemala (747 decided, 0.8% grant rate), and Mexico (519 decided, 11.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 1,558 | 2.8% |
| Guatemala | 747 | 0.8% |
| Mexico | 519 | 11.9% |
| El Salvador | 485 | 7.8% |
| Venezuela | 266 | 16.9% |
| Nicaragua | 157 | 15.3% |
| Colombia | 140 | 1.4% |
| Cuba | 70 | 32.9% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 783 | 5.1% |
| 2025 | 700 | 10.0% |
| 2024 | 732 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 605 | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 375 | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 26 | 42.3% |
| 2020 | 954 | 2.3% |
Judge Bao Q. Nguyen's asylum approval rate is 6.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 4,389 total asylum cases for Judge Bao Q. Nguyen.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.