Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ
Judge Cheng, David serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 15.7%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 16.5% | 87 | 440 | 527 |
| Guatemala | 5.2% | 27 | 495 | 522 |
| Mexico | 57.8% | 204 | 149 | 353 |
| Honduras | 4.8% | 14 | 279 | 293 |
| Brazil | 10.7% | 18 | 150 | 168 |
| Colombia | 15.7% | 26 | 140 | 166 |
| El Salvador | 14.7% | 22 | 128 | 150 |
| Peru | 24.3% | 33 | 103 | 136 |
| Dominican Republic | 14.2% | 16 | 97 | 113 |
| Turkey | 4.8% | 4 | 79 | 83 |
| Nigeria | 43.5% | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| Venezuela | 0.0% | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| Costa Rica | 12.5% | 4 | 28 | 32 |
| India | 16.1% | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| Nicaragua | 9.7% | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Haiti | 11.1% | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| Egypt | 28.6% | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Ghana | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Georgia | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Jamaica | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Cuba | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| China | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Poland | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Philippines | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Paraguay | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Liberia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4% | 31 | 1,254 | 1,285 |
| 2024 | 40.4% | 116 | 171 | 287 |
| 2023 | 32.9% | 142 | 289 | 431 |
| 2022 | 42.9% | 90 | 120 | 210 |
| 2021 | 28.9% | 71 | 175 | 246 |
| 2020 | 19.4% | 99 | 412 | 511 |