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Judge Finston, Leo A.

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

19.5%
Approval Rate
502
Granted
1,543
Denied
2,045
Total Decided

Judge Finston, Leo A. serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 19.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Guatemala 9.3% 36 350 386
Honduras 14.4% 35 208 243
Ecuador 25.3% 56 165 221
Brazil 12.2% 18 130 148
Mexico 34.3% 46 88 134
El Salvador 27.1% 32 86 118
Peru 17.3% 19 91 110
Colombia 18.5% 20 88 108
Dominican Republic 20.0% 14 56 70
India 31.7% 19 41 60
Venezuela 44.1% 26 33 59
Nigeria 86.4% 51 8 59
Turkey 40.8% 20 29 49
Haiti 18.2% 8 36 44
Nicaragua 10.8% 4 33 37
Russia 57.9% 11 8 19
Egypt 57.9% 11 8 19
China 31.6% 6 13 19
Jamaica 44.4% 8 10 18
Georgia 35.3% 6 11 17
Cuba 40.0% 6 9 15
Sri Lanka 41.7% 5 7 12
Ghana 44.4% 4 5 9
Philippines 75.0% 6 2 8
Burkina Faso 71.4% 5 2 7
Costa Rica 16.7% 1 5 6
Uzbekistan 50.0% 3 3 6
Poland 20.0% 1 4 5
Indonesia 100.0% 5 0 5
Guinea 40.0% 2 3 5
Bangladesh 75.0% 3 1 4
Mauritania 25.0% 1 3 4
Liberia 33.3% 1 2 3
Pakistan 66.7% 2 1 3
Guyana 100.0% 3 0 3
Jordan 100.0% 2 0 2
Kenya 100.0% 2 0 2
Ukraine 100.0% 2 0 2
Soviet Union 100.0% 2 0 2
Romania 0.0% 0 2 2
Portugal 0.0% 0 1 1
Macedonia 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20268.3%23253276
202522.5%107369476
202426.0%102291393
202339.3%163252415
202237.5%107178285
202161.1%221436
202019.9%64257321

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