Immigration Judge at Harlingen, TX
The 2026-07-01 snapshot lists a 6.6% historical asylum grant rate for David Ayala at Harlingen, TX, based on 3,064 grants and 43,458 denials (46,522 decided outcomes).
The 2026-07-01 EOIR snapshot lists David Ayala with Harlingen, TX. With an asylum approval rate of 6.6%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review). Historical listings do not by themselves establish a current assignment.
David Ayala is listed with the Harlingen, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.6% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Nationality-specific rows are shown when enough decided cases are available in the source data. 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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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Judge David Ayala's asylum approval rate is 6.6% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 46,522 total asylum cases for Judge David Ayala.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.