Judge Carle, John B.

18.1%

Approval Rate

804

Granted

3,822

Denied

4,626

Total Decided

Judge Carle, John B. serves at the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 18.1%, 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 Carle (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: Cuba vs Dominican Republic grant rates differ 25×, overall rate fell from 18% to 8% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Carle, John B. (IJ code JCA, Philadelphia, PA):

Overall track record

30 years on the bench (since 1997), 7,734 cases total, lifetime grant rate 17.8%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,241 cases, grant rate 16.3% — 6.7pp above the Philadelphia court average (9.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              849    8.4%
Brazil                 735    2.5%
Honduras               467   10.1%
Mexico                 351   29.0%
Dominican Republic     268    2.0%
Ecuador                250    6.5%
Venezuela              120   12.5%
Colombia               109    5.4%
Nicaragua              103    8.5%
Haiti                  102    3.8%
Cuba                    98   50.0%

Cuba applicants see a 50.0% grant rate versus 2.0% for Dominican Republic applicants — a 25.4× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023: 1100 cases, 17.7% grant rate
2024:  768 cases, 28.3% grant rate
2025: 1182 cases, 15.1% grant rate
2026: 1191 cases, 7.7% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Carle, 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

Carle, John B. is listed with the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 18.1% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (1,175 decided, 7.8% grant rate), Brazil (811 decided, 3.8% grant rate), and Honduras (635 decided, 11.0% 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	7.8%	92	1,083	1,175
Brazil	3.8%	31	780	811
Honduras	11.0%	70	565	635
Mexico	36.9%	143	245	388
Dominican Republic	2.5%	6	238	244
Ecuador	9.0%	21	212	233
El Salvador	15.1%	22	124	146
Venezuela	18.5%	20	88	108
Haiti	5.9%	6	96	102
Nicaragua	8.8%	8	83	91
Colombia	9.4%	8	77	85
Russia	75.0%	60	20	80
Turkey	25.4%	15	44	59
Belarus	94.6%	53	3	56
Uzbekistan	71.1%	32	13	45
China	78.8%	26	7	33
Peru	0.0%	0	29	29
Pakistan	72.0%	18	7	25
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	81.8%	18	4	22
Georgia	72.7%	16	6	22
India	61.9%	13	8	21
Jamaica	30.0%	6	14	20
Nigeria	84.2%	16	3	19
Liberia	68.8%	11	5	16
Cameroon	93.3%	14	1	15
Dominica	0.0%	0	13	13
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	70.0%	7	3	10
Ukraine	100.0%	9	0	9
Chile	0.0%	0	9	9
Kazakhstan	25.0%	2	6	8
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	8	8
Mauritania	71.4%	5	2	7
Cuba	16.7%	1	5	6
Mali	83.3%	5	1	6
Ghana	80.0%	4	1	5
Vietnam	0.0%	0	5	5
Algeria	80.0%	4	1	5
Jordan	100.0%	5	0	5
Libya	100.0%	5	0	5
Guadeloupe	25.0%	1	3	4
Poland	100.0%	4	0	4
Niger	100.0%	4	0	4
Angola	100.0%	4	0	4
Unknown Country	0.0%	0	4	4
Indonesia	100.0%	3	0	3
Senegal	100.0%	3	0	3
Sierra Leone	66.7%	2	1	3
Burma (Myanmar)	100.0%	3	0	3
Guinea	66.7%	2	1	3
Egypt	66.7%	2	1	3
Sri Lanka	33.3%	1	2	3
Burkina Faso	50.0%	1	1	2
Bangladesh	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	6.5%	45	652	697
2025	15.1%	154	865	1,019
2024	28.3%	195	494	689
2023	17.7%	182	844	1,026
2022	21.7%	162	585	747
2021	44.4%	95	119	214
2020	19.1%	80	339	419

Community Discussion

Judge Carle (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: Cuba vs Dominican Republic grant rates differ 25×, overall rate fell from 18% to 8% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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