Judge Dandelet, Kyle

26.8%

Approval Rate

731

Granted

2,012

Denied

2,743

Total Decided

Judge Dandelet, Kyle serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 26.8%, 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 Dandelet (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Bangladesh vs Ecuador grant rates differ 40×, overall rate fell from 46% to 15% in 3 years

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

Overall track record

32 years on the bench (since 1995), 3,704 cases total, lifetime grant rate 26.2%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,350 cases, grant rate 24.5% — roughly in line with the New York City court average (21.7%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Ecuador                680    2.1%
China                  375   71.7%
Venezuela              255    2.7%
Guatemala              230    4.8%
Honduras               203   29.2%
Colombia               175    5.7%
India                  147   51.1%
El Salvador            136   32.9%
Mexico                 120   13.7%
Dominican Republic     118    3.1%
Bangladesh              84   83.1%

Bangladesh applicants see a 83.1% grant rate versus 2.1% for Ecuador applicants — a 40.2× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  573 cases, 46.4% grant rate
2024:  966 cases, 24.0% grant rate
2025: 1159 cases, 19.0% grant rate
2026:  652 cases, 15.0% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Dandelet, 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

Dandelet, Kyle is listed with the New York City, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 26.8% 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 (589 decided, 2.7% grant rate), China (353 decided, 73.1% grant rate), and Venezuela (205 decided, 2.9% 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
Ecuador	2.7%	16	573	589
China	73.1%	258	95	353
Venezuela	2.9%	6	199	205
Guatemala	5.0%	10	190	200
Honduras	31.0%	52	116	168
Colombia	6.6%	10	142	152
India	55.8%	82	65	147
El Salvador	31.9%	30	64	94
Mexico	11.8%	11	82	93
Dominican Republic	3.2%	3	90	93
Bangladesh	87.9%	80	11	91
Peru	0.0%	0	56	56
Nepal	79.2%	42	11	53
Chad	0.0%	0	44	44
Russia	55.2%	16	13	29
Nicaragua	17.9%	5	23	28
Turkey	13.0%	3	20	23
Uzbekistan	31.8%	7	15	22
Mauritania	0.0%	0	22	22
Haiti	19.0%	4	17	21
Georgia	28.6%	6	15	21
United Kingdom	0.0%	0	21	21
Ireland	0.0%	0	20	20
Jamaica	29.4%	5	12	17
Albania	100.0%	17	0	17
Guinea	47.1%	8	9	17
Pakistan	56.2%	9	7	16
Senegal	18.8%	3	13	16
Burkina Faso	60.0%	9	6	15
Brazil	7.1%	1	13	14
Romania	0.0%	0	10	10
Morocco	22.2%	2	7	9
Sri Lanka	62.5%	5	3	8
Soviet Union	75.0%	6	2	8
Egypt	62.5%	5	3	8
Ghana	66.7%	4	2	6
Kazakhstan	100.0%	6	0	6
Israel	100.0%	5	0	5
Sudan	20.0%	1	4	5
Trinidad And Tobago	50.0%	2	2	4
Panama	0.0%	0	4	4
Paraguay	0.0%	0	3	3
Bolivia	0.0%	0	3	3
Argentina	0.0%	0	3	3
Poland	0.0%	0	2	2
Nigeria	100.0%	1	0	1
Guyana	100.0%	1	0	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	14.7%	56	326	382
2025	19.0%	185	789	974
2024	24.0%	203	643	846
2023	46.4%	231	267	498
2022	62.0%	116	71	187
2021	100.0%	1	0	1
2020	0.0%	0	3	3

Community Discussion

Judge Dandelet (New York City, NY) data snapshot: Bangladesh vs Ecuador grant rates differ 40×, overall rate fell from 46% to 15% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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