Judge Reingold, Jonathan

17.8%

Approval Rate

321

Granted

1,479

Denied

1,800

Total Decided

Judge Reingold, Jonathan serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 17.8%, 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 Reingold (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Bangladesh vs Dominican Republic grant rates differ 54×, overall rate fell from 37% to 6% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Reingold, Jonathan (IJ code JNR, New York City, NY):

Overall track record

30 years on the bench (since 1997), 2,372 cases total, lifetime grant rate 16.8%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,306 cases, grant rate 17.2% — 4.5pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                482    3.1%
China                  202   53.9%
Venezuela              180    8.1%
Colombia               173    3.2%
Guatemala              121    8.8%
Dominican Republic     105    1.1%
India                   96   30.0%
El Salvador             72   27.8%
Honduras                72   25.9%
Russia                  67   36.8%
Bangladesh              64   57.1%

Bangladesh applicants see a 57.1% grant rate versus 1.1% for Dominican Republic applicants — a 53.7× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  348 cases, 36.7% grant rate
2024:  417 cases, 30.7% grant rate
2025:  936 cases, 11.2% grant rate
2026:  605 cases, 5.9% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Reingold, 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

Reingold, Jonathan is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 17.8% 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 (427 decided, 3.0% grant rate), China (173 decided, 55.5% grant rate), and Colombia (149 decided, 3.4% 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	3.0%	13	414	427
China	55.5%	96	77	173
Colombia	3.4%	5	144	149
Venezuela	8.9%	12	123	135
Guatemala	9.6%	9	85	94
Dominican Republic	1.1%	1	86	87
India	33.3%	24	48	72
Peru	0.0%	0	55	55
Russia	36.4%	20	35	55
Honduras	25.9%	14	40	54
Bangladesh	62.7%	32	19	51
El Salvador	31.2%	15	33	48
Georgia	20.0%	8	32	40
Mexico	5.0%	2	38	40
Uzbekistan	10.8%	4	33	37
Haiti	3.1%	1	31	32
Nepal	61.5%	16	10	26
Nicaragua	4.8%	1	20	21
Turkey	0.0%	0	20	20
Jamaica	6.7%	1	14	15
Pakistan	53.3%	8	7	15
Chad	0.0%	0	14	14
Paraguay	0.0%	0	14	14
Burkina Faso	58.3%	7	5	12
Guinea	9.1%	1	10	11
Mauritania	0.0%	0	11	11
Soviet Union	80.0%	8	2	10
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	10	10
Egypt	66.7%	6	3	9
Albania	87.5%	7	1	8
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	0.0%	0	7	7
Romania	0.0%	0	6	6
Kazakhstan	60.0%	3	2	5
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Dominica	0.0%	0	4	4
Nigeria	100.0%	4	0	4
Brazil	0.0%	0	4	4
Chile	0.0%	0	4	4
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	0.0%	0	3	3
Ukraine	100.0%	3	0	3
Senegal	0.0%	0	3	3
Sudan	0.0%	0	3	3
Panama	0.0%	0	3	3
Cuba	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	7.0%	28	373	401
2025	11.2%	92	728	820
2024	30.7%	107	242	349
2023	36.7%	114	197	311
2022	0.0%	0	2	2
2020	0.0%	0	5	5