Judge Brown, Kevin

Judge Brown, Kevin

1.5%

Approval Rate

Granted

4,238

Denied

4,288

Total Decided

Judge Brown, Kevin serves at the Houston South, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 1.5%, 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 Brown (Houston South, TX) data snapshot: 5,573 cases over 7 years, 1.4% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Brown, Kevin (IJ code KBR, Houston South, TX):

Overall track record

7 years on the bench (since 2020), 5,573 cases total, lifetime grant rate 1.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,260 cases, grant rate 1.1% — roughly in line with the Houston South court average (1.6%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Honduras              1025    0.3%
Cuba                   533    0.8%
Venezuela              503    0.0%
Mexico                 478    0.9%
Guatemala              477    0.0%
El Salvador            386    0.9%
Colombia               287    0.0%
Nicaragua              221    0.0%
Nigeria                 47   29.0%
India                   31    0.0%
Peru                    30    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023: 1018 cases, 1.5% grant rate
2024:  971 cases, 1.7% grant rate
2025: 1404 cases, 0.6% grant rate
2026:  867 cases, 0.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Brown, 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

Brown, Kevin is listed with the Houston South, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 1.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (1,316 decided, 0.2% grant rate), Guatemala (627 decided, 0.3% grant rate), and El Salvador (506 decided, 1.8% 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 2026-05-08. 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
Honduras	0.2%	3	1,313	1,316
Guatemala	0.3%	2	625	627
El Salvador	1.8%	9	497	506
Mexico	2.6%	12	456	468
Venezuela	0.2%	1	427	428
Colombia	0.0%	0	265	265
Cuba	0.8%	2	247	249
Nicaragua	0.0%	0	237	237
Nigeria	34.5%	10	19	29
Ecuador	3.6%	1	27	28
Peru	0.0%	0	27	27
Romania	0.0%	0	23	23
Turkey	36.4%	8	14	22
India	0.0%	0	21	21
China	15.4%	2	11	13
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	6	6
Pakistan	0.0%	0	5	5
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	0.0%	0	4	4
Brazil	0.0%	0	4	4
Haiti	0.0%	0	3	3
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	3	3
Syria	0.0%	0	3	3
Jordan	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	1.1%	6	520	526
2025	0.6%	8	1,241	1,249
2024	1.7%	13	753	766
2023	1.5%	12	815	827
2022	3.9%	19	470	489
2021	12.2%	6	43	49
2020	0.4%	2	488	490

Community Discussion

Judge Brown (Houston South, TX) data snapshot: 5,573 cases over 7 years, 1.4% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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