Judge Nazaire, Karen

2.7%

Approval Rate

Granted

2,387

Denied

2,442

Total Decided

Judge Nazaire, Karen serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.7%, 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 Nazaire (New York City, NY) data snapshot: 3,521 cases over 32 years, 2.3% grant rate

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

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 3,521 cases total, lifetime grant rate 2.3%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,431 cases, grant rate 2.1% — 19.6pp below the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                875    0.5%
Venezuela              349    0.0%
Colombia               345    0.9%
Peru                   164    0.0%
Guatemala              162    0.8%
Honduras               152    1.6%
Mexico                 128    1.0%
China                  118   12.0%
Dominican Republic     111    0.0%
Russia                  83    7.0%
India                   78    1.4%

Year-by-year

2023:  516 cases, 5.9% grant rate
2024: 1121 cases, 2.1% grant rate
2025:  574 cases, 1.6% grant rate
2026: 1220 cases, 0.6% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Nazaire, 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

Nazaire, Karen is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 2.7% 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 (670 decided, 0.6% grant rate), Venezuela (285 decided, 0.0% grant rate), and Colombia (254 decided, 1.2% 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	0.6%	4	666	670
Venezuela	0.0%	0	285	285
Colombia	1.2%	3	251	254
China	12.3%	13	93	106
Peru	0.0%	0	98	98
Mexico	1.1%	1	91	92
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	86	86
Guatemala	1.2%	1	84	85
Honduras	2.8%	2	70	72
Russia	7.1%	5	65	70
India	1.6%	1	63	64
Uzbekistan	3.3%	2	58	60
Mauritania	0.0%	0	60	60
Haiti	2.0%	1	49	50
Georgia	4.9%	2	39	41
Chad	0.0%	0	33	33
Turkey	0.0%	0	30	30
Nicaragua	3.4%	1	28	29
Bangladesh	24.1%	7	22	29
El Salvador	4.0%	1	24	25
Senegal	4.2%	1	23	24
Guinea	0.0%	0	24	24
Dominica	0.0%	0	22	22
Jamaica	0.0%	0	18	18
Romania	0.0%	0	12	12
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	11	11
Paraguay	0.0%	0	11	11
Ireland	0.0%	0	10	10
Kazakhstan	0.0%	0	9	9
Pakistan	44.4%	4	5	9
Brazil	0.0%	0	9	9
Germany	0.0%	0	7	7
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	7	7
Morocco	0.0%	0	7	7
Chile	0.0%	0	5	5
Panama	0.0%	0	4	4
Sudan	0.0%	0	4	4
Nepal	100.0%	3	0	3
Albania	66.7%	2	1	3
Egypt	0.0%	0	3	3
Trinidad And Tobago	100.0%	1	0	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	1.1%	6	522	528
2025	1.6%	8	489	497
2024	2.1%	22	1,009	1,031
2023	5.9%	29	466	495
2022	40.0%	2	3	5
2021	0.0%	0	2	2
2020	0.0%	0	1	1

Community Discussion

Judge Nazaire (New York City, NY) data snapshot: 3,521 cases over 32 years, 2.3% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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