Judge Klahr, Deborah E.

23.0%

Approval Rate

713

Granted

2,475

Denied

3,188

Total Decided

Judge Klahr, Deborah E. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 23.0%, 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 Klahr (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 39% to 3% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Klahr, Deborah E. (IJ code DKR, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 4,044 cases total, lifetime grant rate 21.7%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,124 cases, grant rate 15.6% — 6.1pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                784    1.2%
China                  386   54.7%
Colombia               232    1.4%
Venezuela              218    0.0%
India                  145   23.1%
Guatemala              114   14.7%
Honduras                99   10.6%
Dominican Republic      92    0.0%
Mexico                  87   16.2%
El Salvador             83   25.0%
Bangladesh              82   50.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  500 cases, 38.7% grant rate
2024:  791 cases, 22.0% grant rate
2025: 1007 cases, 8.1% grant rate
2026:  826 cases, 3.3% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Klahr, 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

Klahr, Deborah E. is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 23.0% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (733 decided, 2.2% grant rate), China (475 decided, 68.2% grant rate), and Colombia (228 decided, 1.8% 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
Ecuador	2.2%	16	717	733
China	68.2%	324	151	475
Colombia	1.8%	4	224	228
Venezuela	0.5%	1	199	200
India	43.0%	77	102	179
Guatemala	12.6%	22	153	175
Honduras	12.2%	18	130	148
Bangladesh	57.0%	57	43	100
El Salvador	27.8%	27	70	97
Mexico	15.9%	14	74	88
Dominican Republic	2.3%	2	85	87
Peru	0.0%	0	71	71
Haiti	5.2%	3	55	58
Nepal	64.9%	37	20	57
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	45	45
Russia	11.6%	5	38	43
Georgia	8.1%	3	34	37
Soviet Union	71.9%	23	9	32
Chad	0.0%	0	31	31
Uzbekistan	6.7%	2	28	30
Turkey	0.0%	0	26	26
Mauritania	11.5%	3	23	26
Jamaica	13.0%	3	20	23
Albania	95.2%	20	1	21
Pakistan	47.6%	10	11	21
Burkina Faso	62.5%	10	6	16
Guinea	14.3%	2	12	14
Panama	0.0%	0	14	14
Senegal	8.3%	1	11	12
Nigeria	80.0%	8	2	10
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	10	10
Sudan	0.0%	0	9	9
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	9	9
Sri Lanka	57.1%	4	3	7
Turkmenistan	14.3%	1	6	7
Brazil	0.0%	0	7	7
Romania	0.0%	0	7	7
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	83.3%	5	1	6
Paraguay	0.0%	0	6	6
Ghana	75.0%	3	1	4
Morocco	0.0%	0	4	4
Poland	33.3%	1	2	3
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	33.3%	1	2	3
Ukraine	100.0%	3	0	3
Belarus	100.0%	3	0	3
Trinidad And Tobago	0.0%	0	2	2
Guyana	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	4.0%	20	475	495
2025	8.1%	75	852	927
2024	22.0%	165	584	749
2023	38.7%	185	293	478
2022	57.2%	199	149	348
2021	67.5%	27	13	40
2020	35.3%	108	198	306

Community Discussion

Judge Klahr (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 39% to 3% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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