Judge Taylor, Brock E

Immigration Judge at Otero, NM

23.8%

Approval Rate

486

Granted

1,507

Denied

1,993

Total Decided

Judge Taylor, Brock E serves at the Otero, NM Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 23.8%, 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 Taylor (Otero, NM) data snapshot: Turkey vs Ecuador grant rates differ 30×, overall rate fell from 70% to 15% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Taylor, Brock E (IJ code BTR, Otero, NM):

Overall track record

8 years on the bench (since 2019), 3,723 cases total, lifetime grant rate 23.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,208 cases, grant rate 19.1% — 11.6pp above the Otero court average (7.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 523    4.5%
Venezuela              250   15.4%
Guatemala              209    7.0%
Turkey                 139   94.3%
Ecuador                123    3.1%
Colombia               109    5.7%
Honduras               107   10.4%
Cuba                   102   20.0%
El Salvador             72    7.8%
Nicaragua               67   16.7%
China                   64   41.7%

Turkey applicants see a 94.3% grant rate versus 3.1% for Ecuador applicants — a 30.2× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  213 cases, 69.6% grant rate
2024:  285 cases, 24.1% grant rate
2025: 1026 cases, 5.7% grant rate
2026:  684 cases, 15.5% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Taylor, 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

Taylor, Brock E is listed with the Otero, NM Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 23.8% 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 (408 decided, 3.9% grant rate), Turkey (229 decided, 94.3% grant rate), and Venezuela (194 decided, 17.0% 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	3.9%	16	392	408
Turkey	94.3%	216	13	229
Venezuela	17.0%	33	161	194
Guatemala	4.8%	9	179	188
Cuba	55.3%	78	63	141
Nicaragua	33.3%	46	92	138
Ecuador	5.8%	7	113	120
Honduras	8.4%	10	109	119
Colombia	10.0%	10	90	100
El Salvador	4.3%	3	67	70
Brazil	3.5%	2	55	57
Haiti	14.3%	6	36	42
China	36.7%	11	19	30
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	25	25
Peru	8.0%	2	23	25
India	4.2%	1	23	24
Senegal	53.8%	7	6	13
Cameroon	90.0%	9	1	10
Russia	85.7%	6	1	7
Bangladesh	16.7%	1	5	6
Nepal	33.3%	2	4	6
Bolivia	0.0%	0	5	5
Egypt	60.0%	3	2	5
Afghanistan	100.0%	4	0	4
Jamaica	0.0%	0	4	4
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	3	3
Georgia	50.0%	1	1	2
Vietnam	0.0%	0	2	2
Iran	50.0%	1	1	2
Nigeria	0.0%	0	2	2
Bahamas	0.0%	0	2	2
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	2	2
Uzbekistan	50.0%	1	1	2
Romania	0.0%	0	2	2
Angola	100.0%	1	0	1
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	1	1
Poland	0.0%	0	1	1
Ukraine	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	15.9%	39	207	246
2025	5.7%	40	667	707
2024	24.1%	49	154	203
2023	69.6%	133	58	191
2022	50.7%	143	139	282
2021	22.7%	37	126	163
2020	27.9%	95	245	340

Community Discussion

Judge Taylor (Otero, NM) data snapshot: Turkey vs Ecuador grant rates differ 30×, overall rate fell from 70% to 15% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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