Judge Burns, John

Judge Burns, John

1.5%

Approval Rate

Granted

3,924

Denied

3,971

Total Decided

Judge Burns, John serves at the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 1.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

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DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Burns (New York Broadway, NY) data snapshot: 4,786 cases over 6 years, 1.4% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Burns, John (IJ code JHB, New York Broadway, NY):

Overall track record

6 years on the bench (since 2021), 4,786 cases total, lifetime grant rate 1.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,436 cases, grant rate 0.8% — 13.3pp below the New York Broadway court average (14.1%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador               1104    0.1%
Venezuela              457    0.5%
Dominican Republic     342    0.3%
Senegal                309    0.0%
Guatemala              252    0.4%
Honduras               233    0.9%
Peru                   223    0.0%
Colombia               216    0.5%
Guinea                 170    3.0%
Mexico                 119    3.0%
Mauritania              92    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  494 cases, 5.0% grant rate
2024:  884 cases, 0.2% grant rate
2025: 1721 cases, 0.1% grant rate
2026: 1337 cases, 0.4% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Burns, 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

Burns, John is listed with the New York Broadway, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 1.5% 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 (970 decided, 0.2% grant rate), Venezuela (378 decided, 0.5% grant rate), and Dominican Republic (326 decided, 0.6% 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	0.2%	2	968	970
Venezuela	0.5%	2	376	378
Dominican Republic	0.6%	2	324	326
Senegal	0.0%	0	282	282
Guatemala	0.7%	2	267	269
Honduras	0.9%	2	224	226
Peru	0.0%	0	207	207
Colombia	0.5%	1	192	193
Guinea	2.5%	4	153	157
Mexico	2.7%	3	107	110
China	2.2%	2	87	89
Mauritania	1.1%	1	87	88
India	1.4%	1	68	69
Jamaica	4.7%	3	61	64
El Salvador	3.9%	2	49	51
Ghana	0.0%	0	49	49
Bangladesh	8.3%	4	44	48
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	48	48
Russia	7.5%	3	37	40
Haiti	0.0%	0	38	38
Cuba	5.7%	2	33	35
Albania	3.4%	1	28	29
Burkina Faso	0.0%	0	19	19
Pakistan	0.0%	0	18	18
Dominica	0.0%	0	18	18
Georgia	0.0%	0	17	17
Gambia	0.0%	0	14	14
Nepal	0.0%	0	10	10
Togo	0.0%	0	9	9
Egypt	57.1%	4	3	7
Mali	16.7%	1	5	6
Singapore	0.0%	0	6	6
Turkey	0.0%	0	6	6
Romania	0.0%	0	6	6
Panama	0.0%	0	6	6
Belize	0.0%	0	6	6
Nigeria	0.0%	0	6	6
Brazil	0.0%	0	5	5
Ukraine	0.0%	0	4	4
Morocco	0.0%	0	4	4
Chile	0.0%	0	4	4
Vietnam	0.0%	0	4	4
Cameroon	0.0%	0	4	4
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	3	3
Soviet Union	66.7%	2	1	3
Afghanistan	100.0%	3	0	3
Kosovo	0.0%	0	3	3
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	3	3
Paraguay	0.0%	0	3	3
Argentina	0.0%	0	3	3
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	0.0%	0	3	3
Poland	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.5%	4	878	882
2025	0.1%	2	1,639	1,641
2024	0.2%	2	861	863
2023	5.0%	24	460	484
2022	10.9%	25	205	230
2021	27.8%	5	13	18

Community Discussion

Judge Burns (New York Broadway, NY) data snapshot: 4,786 cases over 6 years, 1.4% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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