Judge Hansen, Katherine L.

18.3%

Approval Rate

518

Granted

2,621

Denied

3,139

Total Decided

Judge Hansen, Katherine L. serves at the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 18.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Community Discussion

DATA AsylumTracker Data 2026-05-22

Judge Hansen (Bloomington, MN) data snapshot: Russia vs Honduras grant rates differ 34×, overall rate fell from 15% to 6% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Hansen, Katherine L. (IJ code KLH, Bloomington, MN):

Overall track record

24 years on the bench (since 2003), 6,737 cases total, lifetime grant rate 17.8%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,210 cases, grant rate 12.6% — 8.2pp above the Bloomington court average (4.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 622    9.4%
Cuba                   611   57.5%
Guatemala              586    2.9%
Nicaragua              549    6.1%
Honduras               457    2.1%
Venezuela              331    5.7%
Ecuador                176    4.9%
El Salvador            148   15.2%
Colombia               111    3.3%
Russia                  49   71.1%
Somalia                 39   60.0%

Russia applicants see a 71.1% grant rate versus 2.1% for Honduras applicants — a 34.0× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023:  755 cases, 14.9% grant rate
2024:  768 cases, 14.1% grant rate
2025: 1519 cases, 14.8% grant rate
2026: 1168 cases, 5.8% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Hansen, 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

Hansen, Katherine L. is listed with the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 18.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Nicaragua (582 decided, 5.8% grant rate), Guatemala (535 decided, 5.2% grant rate), and Mexico (525 decided, 18.7% 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
Nicaragua	5.8%	34	548	582
Guatemala	5.2%	28	507	535
Mexico	18.7%	98	427	525
Honduras	5.3%	20	359	379
Venezuela	6.8%	15	206	221
Ecuador	10.5%	17	145	162
El Salvador	18.9%	25	107	132
Somalia	59.0%	49	34	83
Colombia	4.5%	3	63	66
Russia	73.5%	36	13	49
Cameroon	91.9%	34	3	37
Cuba	60.6%	20	13	33
Liberia	58.6%	17	12	29
Kenya	80.8%	21	5	26
Mauritania	8.3%	2	22	24
Vietnam	20.0%	4	16	20
Nigeria	73.7%	14	5	19
Peru	5.6%	1	17	18
Ethiopia	93.3%	14	1	15
Laos	64.3%	9	5	14
Ghana	57.1%	8	6	14
Senegal	7.1%	1	13	14
Romania	0.0%	0	11	11
Ukraine	66.7%	6	3	9
Lebanon	11.1%	1	8	9
China	37.5%	3	5	8
Turkey	12.5%	1	7	8
India	25.0%	2	6	8
Belarus	100.0%	7	0	7
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	7	7
Democratic Republic Of Congo	50.0%	3	3	6
Iraq	83.3%	5	1	6
Bangladesh	66.7%	4	2	6
Pakistan	83.3%	5	1	6
Haiti	0.0%	0	6	6
Libya	0.0%	0	5	5
Angola	0.0%	0	4	4
Saudi Arabia	0.0%	0	3	3
Philippines	66.7%	2	1	3
Guyana	33.3%	1	2	3
Eritrea	66.7%	2	1	3
Bosnia-Herzegovina	100.0%	3	0	3
Palestine	0.0%	0	3	3
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	0.0%	0	3	3
Sudan	50.0%	1	1	2
Jordan	0.0%	0	2	2
Canada	0.0%	0	2	2
Guinea	0.0%	0	2	2
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	2	2
Egypt	100.0%	2	0	2
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	2	2
Brazil	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	4.5%	19	400	419
2025	14.8%	104	600	704
2024	14.1%	98	598	696
2023	14.9%	103	587	690
2022	38.1%	133	216	349
2021	93.6%	73	5	78
2020	23.0%	87	292	379