Judge Santoro, Jeremy

Immigration Judge at Cleveland, OH

3.2%

Approval Rate

Granted

2,594

Denied

2,652

Total Decided

Judge Santoro, Jeremy serves at the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 3.2%, 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 Santoro (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 4,521 cases over 8 years, 3.0% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Santoro, Jeremy (IJ code JSA, Cleveland, OH):

Overall track record

8 years on the bench (since 2019), 4,521 cases total, lifetime grant rate 3.0%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,817 cases, grant rate 2.2% — roughly in line with the Cleveland court average (2.9%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              411    0.4%
Mexico                 405    0.3%
Venezuela              394    1.7%
Honduras               296    1.7%
Nicaragua              258    0.4%
Colombia               172    0.0%
Haiti                  127    0.9%
Brazil                 121    0.0%
El Salvador            107    1.3%
Peru                    53    0.0%
Ecuador                 50    2.4%

Year-by-year

2023:  666 cases, 4.7% grant rate
2024:  541 cases, 2.2% grant rate
2025:  869 cases, 1.5% grant rate
2026:  741 cases, 0.9% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Santoro, 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

Santoro, Jeremy is listed with the Cleveland, OH Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 3.2% 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 (519 decided, 1.3% grant rate), Mexico (430 decided, 0.5% grant rate), and Honduras (377 decided, 1.9% 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 2026-05-08. 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	1.3%	7	512	519
Mexico	0.5%	2	428	430
Honduras	1.9%	7	370	377
Nicaragua	0.4%	1	253	254
Venezuela	2.2%	5	225	230
Colombia	0.0%	0	145	145
El Salvador	4.0%	5	121	126
Haiti	0.9%	1	116	117
Brazil	0.0%	0	116	116
Ecuador	2.4%	1	41	42
Peru	0.0%	0	42	42
Mauritania	0.0%	0	32	32
Uzbekistan	0.0%	0	29	29
Senegal	3.8%	1	25	26
Russia	31.8%	7	15	22
Ghana	0.0%	0	20	20
India	27.8%	5	13	18
Turkey	26.7%	4	11	15
Cameroon	22.2%	2	7	9
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	9	9
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	9	9
Chile	0.0%	0	8	8
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	8	8
Israel	0.0%	0	7	7
Cuba	14.3%	1	6	7
Nigeria	33.3%	2	4	6
Jordan	0.0%	0	5	5
Somalia	0.0%	0	5	5
China	33.3%	1	2	3
Pakistan	100.0%	3	0	3
Gambia	0.0%	0	3	3
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	3	3
Guinea	0.0%	0	3	3
Ukraine	100.0%	2	0	2
Jamaica	100.0%	1	0	1
Burkina Faso	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	1.2%	5	428	433
2025	1.5%	10	675	685
2024	2.2%	11	478	489
2023	4.7%	23	470	493
2022	4.5%	20	422	442
2021	12.5%	17	119	136
2020	2.5%	3	115	118

Community Discussion

Judge Santoro (Cleveland, OH) data snapshot: 4,521 cases over 8 years, 3.0% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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