Judge Lane, Denise A. Marks

29.0%

Approval Rate

196

Granted

1,907

Denied

2,103

Total Decided

Judge Lane, Denise A. Marks serves at the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 29.0%, 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 Lane (Port Isabel, TX) data snapshot: Mexico vs Nicaragua grant rates differ 17×, overall rate fell from 17% to 3% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Lane, Denise A. Marks (IJ code DML, Port Isabel, TX):

Overall track record

39 years on the bench (since 1988), 20,999 cases total, lifetime grant rate 28.7%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,345 cases, grant rate 7.6% — 3.6pp above the Port Isabel court average (4.0%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Cuba                  2266   15.6%
Nicaragua              419    1.1%
Guatemala              365    4.0%
Haiti                  257    2.1%
Honduras               249    4.8%
Venezuela              189    3.1%
Colombia               117   11.2%
Mexico                 116   19.2%
Brazil                  70    7.9%
El Salvador             48   12.9%
Peru                    47   12.1%

Mexico applicants see a 19.2% grant rate versus 1.1% for Nicaragua applicants — a 17.5× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  791 cases, 16.7% grant rate
2024: 1000 cases, 5.1% grant rate
2025: 1435 cases, 6.5% grant rate
2026: 1119 cases, 3.4% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Lane, 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

Lane, Denise A. Marks is listed with the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 29.0% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (539 decided, 3.2% grant rate), Nicaragua (372 decided, 2.7% grant rate), and Honduras (349 decided, 4.6% 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
Guatemala	3.2%	17	522	539
Nicaragua	2.7%	10	362	372
Honduras	4.6%	16	333	349
Cuba	19.3%	28	117	145
Haiti	5.6%	8	135	143
Venezuela	9.1%	12	120	132
Mexico	28.9%	35	86	121
Colombia	18.8%	16	69	85
El Salvador	9.3%	5	49	54
Brazil	14.3%	7	42	49
Peru	18.2%	6	27	33
Jamaica	52.2%	12	11	23
Russia	52.6%	10	9	19
Dominican Republic	25.0%	2	6	8
Bolivia	71.4%	5	2	7
Chile	0.0%	0	7	7
Romania	0.0%	0	4	4
Trinidad And Tobago	100.0%	3	0	3
Turkey	0.0%	0	3	3
Ukraine	100.0%	3	0	3
Ecuador	33.3%	1	2	3
Israel	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.8%	8	277	285
2025	6.5%	22	319	341
2024	5.1%	25	469	494
2023	16.7%	64	319	383
2022	22.3%	57	199	256
2021	73.3%	11	4	15
2020	7.4%	28	352	380