Judge Mccullough, Charles M.

7.4%

Approval Rate

284

Granted

3,944

Denied

4,228

Total Decided

Judge Mccullough, Charles M. serves at the San Antonio, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 7.4%, 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 Mccullough (San Antonio, TX) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 10% to 2% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Mccullough, Charles M. (IJ code CMM, San Antonio, TX):

Overall track record

30 years on the bench (since 1997), 9,323 cases total, lifetime grant rate 7.1%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 5,225 cases, grant rate 5.5% — roughly in line with the San Antonio court average (4.8%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Honduras              1356    1.7%
Mexico                 906    3.5%
Cuba                   878   16.9%
Venezuela              481    6.7%
Guatemala              476    2.7%
El Salvador            247    5.3%
Nicaragua              237    9.0%
Colombia               211    3.7%
Ecuador                 70    0.0%
Peru                    54    0.0%
Nepal                   39   62.5%

Year-by-year

2023:  865 cases, 10.3% grant rate
2024: 1122 cases, 5.3% grant rate
2025: 1679 cases, 6.9% grant rate
2026: 1559 cases, 2.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Mccullough, 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

Mccullough, Charles M. is listed with the San Antonio, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 7.4% 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 (1,522 decided, 2.0% grant rate), Mexico (672 decided, 6.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (467 decided, 2.6% 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
Honduras	2.0%	31	1,491	1,522
Mexico	6.0%	40	632	672
Guatemala	2.6%	12	455	467
Venezuela	12.6%	43	297	340
El Salvador	5.1%	16	299	315
Nicaragua	13.5%	31	198	229
Ecuador	0.0%	0	152	152
Colombia	6.8%	10	137	147
Cuba	24.1%	32	101	133
Nepal	67.5%	27	13	40
Peru	0.0%	0	35	35
China	72.7%	16	6	22
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	21	21
Romania	0.0%	0	20	20
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	20	20
Brazil	0.0%	0	15	15
Sri Lanka	6.7%	1	14	15
Congo	7.1%	1	13	14
Angola	50.0%	4	4	8
Russia	66.7%	4	2	6
Ukraine	100.0%	6	0	6
Haiti	0.0%	0	6	6
Cameroon	80.0%	4	1	5
Turkey	0.0%	0	5	5
Afghanistan	33.3%	1	2	3
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	3	3
Eritrea	66.7%	2	1	3
Sudan	100.0%	3	0	3
Bolivia	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.5%	20	792	812
2025	6.9%	74	1,000	1,074
2024	5.3%	46	817	863
2023	10.3%	53	464	517
2022	38.9%	61	96	157
2021	64.5%	40	22	62
2020	2.9%	24	815	839