Immigration Judge at Arlington West, VA
Judge Emmett D. Soper serves at the Arlington West, VA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 32.1%, this judge is average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
According to public news reporting, Immigration Judge Emmett D. Soper was reported to have left the EOIR immigration bench in 2025 (fired, terminated, or not renewed) as part of the 2025–2026 wave of immigration-judge dismissals.
Source: https://www.press.org/newsroom/fired-immigration-judges-sound-alarm-trump-administration-purge
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Emmett D. Soper is listed with the Arlington West, VA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 32.1% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights El Salvador (196 decided, 48.5% grant rate), Guatemala (190 decided, 8.4% grant rate), and Honduras (160 decided, 25.6% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 196 | 48.5% |
| Guatemala | 190 | 8.4% |
| Honduras | 160 | 25.6% |
| Mexico | 28 | 46.4% |
| Bolivia | 25 | 32.0% |
| Peru | 15 | 40.0% |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 33.3% |
| Colombia | 9 | 44.4% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204 | 43.1% |
| 2024 | 21 | 61.9% |
| 2022 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 35 | 57.1% |
| 2020 | 475 | 24.4% |
Judge Emmett D. Soper's asylum approval rate is 32.1% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 1,694 total asylum cases for Judge Emmett D. Soper.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.