Immigration Judge at New York City, NY
Judge Sponzo, Jem C. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 23.7%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.8% | 26 | 1,403 | 1,429 |
| Ecuador | 7.6% | 60 | 730 | 790 |
| China | 61.6% | 244 | 152 | 396 |
| Honduras | 7.1% | 25 | 328 | 353 |
| El Salvador | 13.0% | 33 | 221 | 254 |
| India | 50.0% | 118 | 118 | 236 |
| Bangladesh | 57.2% | 83 | 62 | 145 |
| Venezuela | 4.4% | 6 | 129 | 135 |
| Mexico | 25.8% | 34 | 98 | 132 |
| Colombia | 2.3% | 3 | 127 | 130 |
| Nepal | 55.7% | 34 | 27 | 61 |
| Dominican Republic | 5.3% | 3 | 54 | 57 |
| Uzbekistan | 5.3% | 3 | 54 | 57 |
| Nicaragua | 9.8% | 5 | 46 | 51 |
| Haiti | 8.3% | 4 | 44 | 48 |
| Russia | 31.9% | 15 | 32 | 47 |
| Peru | 9.1% | 4 | 40 | 44 |
| Georgia | 11.9% | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| Jamaica | 7.4% | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Pakistan | 47.8% | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Senegal | 4.3% | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Turkey | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Soviet Union | 65.0% | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Romania | 10.5% | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Guinea | 5.9% | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Mauritania | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Guyana | 27.3% | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Nigeria | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Ghana | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 85.7% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Albania | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Angola | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Poland | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Belarus | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chile | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mali | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7% | 16 | 906 | 922 |
| 2025 | 7.4% | 79 | 995 | 1,074 |
| 2024 | 16.5% | 155 | 784 | 939 |
| 2023 | 30.9% | 208 | 465 | 673 |
| 2022 | 26.8% | 211 | 576 | 787 |
| 2021 | 66.0% | 66 | 34 | 100 |
| 2020 | 32.0% | 126 | 268 | 394 |