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Judge Jose Rivera

Immigration Judge at Miami, FL

6.9%
Approval Rate
226
Granted
3,067
Denied
3,293
Total Decided

Judge Jose Rivera serves at the Miami, FL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.9%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Jose Rivera is listed with the Miami, FL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Nicaragua (618 decided, 6.0% grant rate), Guatemala (372 decided, 2.2% grant rate), and Cuba (351 decided, 17.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

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

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Nicaragua 618 6.0%
Guatemala 372 2.2%
Cuba 351 17.9%
Venezuela 329 12.8%
Honduras 314 4.8%
Haiti 273 2.6%
Colombia 238 2.5%
Brazil 174 1.7%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 933 1.7%
2025 795 2.1%
2024 364 7.7%
2023 484 13.8%
2022 474 17.3%
2021 53 15.1%
2020 4 0.0%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Jose Rivera's asylum approval rate?

Judge Jose Rivera's asylum approval rate is 6.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Jose Rivera decided?

The dataset lists 3,293 total asylum cases for Judge Jose Rivera.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Ford, Rex J. 13.7% approval rate Dowell, J. Daniel 29.2% approval rate Horn, Michael C. 34.5% approval rate Alexander, Scott G. 21.9% approval rate Lane, Denise A. Marks 28.5% approval rate Solow, Bruce W. 41.0% approval rate Mander, Stephen E. 35.2% approval rate Torreh-Bayouth, Lilliana 30.5% approval rate Sanders, Charles J. 33.7% approval rate Williams, Keith C. 42.4% approval rate

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