Judge Luskin, Joshua D.

Immigration Judge at Chicago, IL

22.6%

Approval Rate

433

Granted

1,770

Denied

2,203

Total Decided

Judge Luskin, Joshua D. serves at the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 22.6%, 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 Luskin (Chicago, IL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 50% to 7% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Luskin, Joshua D. (IJ code JAL, Chicago, IL):

Overall track record

26 years on the bench (since 2001), 3,648 cases total, lifetime grant rate 19.7%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,812 cases, grant rate 14.1% — roughly in line with the Chicago court average (12.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 731   11.3%
Nicaragua              364    6.2%
Venezuela              316    7.4%
Honduras               315    4.5%
Guatemala              250   11.9%
Colombia               132   12.0%
Ecuador                120    4.5%
El Salvador             90   26.4%
Brazil                  64    8.6%
Cuba                    59    0.0%
India                   36   50.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  189 cases, 50.0% grant rate
2024:  439 cases, 19.0% grant rate
2025:  936 cases, 15.5% grant rate
2026: 1248 cases, 7.2% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Luskin, 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

Luskin, Joshua D. is listed with the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 22.6% 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 (593 decided, 15.0% grant rate), Honduras (317 decided, 4.1% grant rate), and Guatemala (254 decided, 12.2% 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.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Approval Rate by Nationality

Nationality	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
Mexico	15.0%	89	504	593
Honduras	4.1%	13	304	317
Guatemala	12.2%	31	223	254
Venezuela	12.3%	27	192	219
Nicaragua	9.2%	20	197	217
El Salvador	31.5%	29	63	92
Colombia	12.8%	10	68	78
China	67.5%	52	25	77
Ecuador	9.3%	7	68	75
Russia	80.0%	28	7	35
India	41.2%	14	20	34
Brazil	9.4%	3	29	32
Moldavia (Moldova)	72.0%	18	7	25
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	68.4%	13	6	19
Peru	0.0%	0	15	15
Nigeria	27.3%	3	8	11
Romania	66.7%	6	3	9
Haiti	11.1%	1	8	9
Angola	100.0%	8	0	8
Philippines	85.7%	6	1	7
Poland	57.1%	4	3	7
Ukraine	100.0%	6	0	6
Mongolia	83.3%	5	1	6
Germany	100.0%	6	0	6
Sri Lanka	100.0%	4	0	4
Pakistan	75.0%	3	1	4
Cuba	0.0%	0	4	4
Iraq	100.0%	4	0	4
Jordan	66.7%	2	1	3
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	66.7%	2	1	3
Lithuania	100.0%	3	0	3
Cameroon	100.0%	3	0	3
Zimbabwe	33.3%	1	2	3
Dominican Republic	33.3%	1	2	3
Cape Verde	66.7%	2	1	3
Belarus	100.0%	3	0	3
Vietnam	33.3%	1	2	3
Kenya	50.0%	1	1	2
Israel	50.0%	1	1	2
Turkey	50.0%	1	1	2
South Korea	0.0%	0	1	1
Ghana	100.0%	1	0	1
Bulgaria	100.0%	1	0	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	8.4%	49	535	584
2025	15.5%	110	601	711
2024	19.0%	80	341	421
2023	50.0%	62	62	124
2022	59.2%	71	49	120
2021	61.3%	84	53	137
2020	30.8%	86	193	279

Community Discussion

Judge Luskin (Chicago, IL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 50% to 7% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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