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Judge Joseph S. Imburgia

Immigration Judge at Phoenix, AZ

4.3%
Approval Rate
131
Granted
2,951
Denied
3,082
Total Decided

Judge Joseph S. Imburgia serves at the Phoenix, AZ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.3%, 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

Joseph S. Imburgia is listed with the Phoenix, AZ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 4.3% 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 (1,163 decided, 0.3% grant rate), Honduras (565 decided, 0.4% grant rate), and Mexico (557 decided, 11.8% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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
Guatemala 1,163 0.3%
Honduras 565 0.4%
Mexico 557 11.8%
Nicaragua 200 5.0%
Venezuela 122 4.9%
El Salvador 105 3.8%
Colombia 61 0.0%
Brazil 31 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 8 100.0%
2025 487 4.7%
2024 1,379 0.9%
2023 738 4.2%
2022 180 16.7%
2021 29 27.6%
2020 250 7.2%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Joseph S. Imburgia's asylum approval rate?

Judge Joseph S. Imburgia's asylum approval rate is 4.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Joseph S. Imburgia decided?

The dataset lists 3,082 total asylum cases for Judge Joseph S. Imburgia.

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

Freerks, Lamonte S. 12.5% approval rate Richardson, John W. 20.9% approval rate Sharda, Munish 6.8% approval rate Hollis, Wendell A. 36.0% approval rate Cortes, John W. 8.7% approval rate Gaz, Jennifer I. 9.7% approval rate Habich, Paul M. 11.7% approval rate Arellano, Silvia R. 11.0% approval rate Cottor, Elizabeth A 8.4% approval rate Guerrero, Marni 8.2% approval rate

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