Immigration Judge at Chicago, IL
Judge Craig A. Defoe serves at the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Craig A. Defoe is listed with the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.8% 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 (1,222 decided, 8.3% grant rate), Venezuela (667 decided, 10.3% grant rate), and Nicaragua (572 decided, 4.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1,222 | 8.3% |
| Venezuela | 667 | 10.3% |
| Nicaragua | 572 | 4.9% |
| Honduras | 521 | 4.0% |
| Guatemala | 429 | 5.4% |
| Ecuador | 288 | 1.7% |
| Colombia | 257 | 1.2% |
| El Salvador | 157 | 13.4% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,363 | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 1,396 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 959 | 10.6% |
| 2023 | 655 | 20.5% |
| 2022 | 362 | 42.8% |
| 2021 | 107 | 48.6% |
| 2020 | 362 | 16.0% |
Judge Craig A. Defoe's asylum approval rate is 12.8% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 5,526 total asylum cases for Judge Craig A. Defoe.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.