Judge Crawford, Carol A.

20.5%

Approval Rate

418

Granted

1,672

Denied

2,090

Total Decided

Judge Crawford, Carol A. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 20.5%, 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 Crawford (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 39% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Crawford, Carol A. (IJ code IJC, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

33 years on the bench (since 1994), 2,597 cases total, lifetime grant rate 19.3%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,359 cases, grant rate 17.4% — 4.3pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                549    1.3%
China                  213   51.8%
Colombia               200    3.1%
Venezuela              185    0.0%
India                  111   59.4%
Guatemala              106   13.3%
Honduras                78   17.8%
Dominican Republic      72    4.5%
Mexico                  61    1.8%
Georgia                 60   33.9%
Peru                    60    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  418 cases, 39.3% grant rate
2024:  534 cases, 27.1% grant rate
2025:  870 cases, 9.2% grant rate
2026:  537 cases, 4.0% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Crawford, 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

Crawford, Carol A. is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 20.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (495 decided, 1.4% grant rate), China (209 decided, 58.9% grant rate), and Colombia (188 decided, 3.7% 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	1.4%	7	488	495
China	58.9%	123	86	209
Colombia	3.7%	7	181	188
Venezuela	0.0%	0	163	163
India	63.5%	73	42	115
Guatemala	15.4%	16	88	104
Honduras	20.0%	15	60	75
Dominican Republic	4.7%	3	61	64
Georgia	35.7%	20	36	56
Peru	0.0%	0	55	55
Bangladesh	79.2%	42	11	53
Haiti	0.0%	0	53	53
El Salvador	21.2%	11	41	52
Mexico	1.9%	1	51	52
Russia	45.2%	19	23	42
Nicaragua	11.4%	4	31	35
Turkey	12.1%	4	29	33
Uzbekistan	18.2%	6	27	33
Chad	0.0%	0	25	25
Nepal	91.3%	21	2	23
Guinea	16.7%	3	15	18
Jamaica	6.2%	1	15	16
Senegal	13.3%	2	13	15
Albania	100.0%	13	0	13
Soviet Union	90.9%	10	1	11
Mauritania	0.0%	0	11	11
Sri Lanka	33.3%	3	6	9
Brazil	0.0%	0	7	7
Panama	0.0%	0	7	7
Kazakhstan	50.0%	3	3	6
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Morocco	0.0%	0	5	5
Nigeria	100.0%	4	0	4
Dominica	0.0%	0	4	4
Germany	0.0%	0	4	4
Paraguay	0.0%	0	4	4
Burkina Faso	25.0%	1	3	4
Belarus	75.0%	3	1	4
Romania	0.0%	0	4	4
Yugoslavia	100.0%	3	0	3
Pakistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Sudan	0.0%	0	3	3
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	0.0%	0	3	3
Egypt	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	5.0%	17	326	343
2025	9.2%	76	746	822
2024	27.1%	137	369	506
2023	39.3%	152	235	387
2022	54.2%	71	60	131
2021	100.0%	2	0	2
2020	50.0%	1	1	2