Immigration Judge at Dallas, TX
Judge Martinez, Hugo R. serves at the Dallas, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Martinez, Hugo R. is listed with the Dallas, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (523 decided, 4.8% grant rate), Honduras (296 decided, 0.0% grant rate), and Guatemala (241 decided, 1.2% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.
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| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4.8% | 25 | 498 | 523 |
| Honduras | 0.0% | 0 | 296 | 296 |
| Guatemala | 1.2% | 3 | 238 | 241 |
| Venezuela | 8.4% | 18 | 196 | 214 |
| El Salvador | 5.2% | 8 | 145 | 153 |
| Nicaragua | 5.3% | 5 | 89 | 94 |
| Colombia | 1.1% | 1 | 88 | 89 |
| Cuba | 13.6% | 8 | 51 | 59 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| Russia | 56.2% | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| Senegal | 4.0% | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Peru | 5.0% | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Uzbekistan | 11.1% | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| China | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Cameroon | 7.7% | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| India | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Dominican Republic | 18.2% | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Brazil | 0.0% | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 30.0% | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Nigeria | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Egypt | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Iran | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Eritrea | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Togo | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Syria | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.0% | 17 | 559 | 576 |
| 2025 | 4.5% | 24 | 514 | 538 |
| 2024 | 5.8% | 26 | 421 | 447 |
| 2023 | 6.1% | 16 | 247 | 263 |
| 2022 | 17.7% | 17 | 79 | 96 |
| 2021 | 17.8% | 8 | 37 | 45 |
| 2020 | 6.2% | 8 | 120 | 128 |