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Judge Laura N. Pierro

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

18.5%
Approval Rate
386
Granted
1,701
Denied
2,087
Total Decided

Judge Laura N. Pierro serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 18.5%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Laura N. Pierro is listed with the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 18.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Guatemala (502 decided, 8.6% grant rate), Honduras (288 decided, 7.3% grant rate), and Mexico (203 decided, 32.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Guatemala 502 8.6%
Honduras 288 7.3%
Mexico 203 32.0%
Brazil 197 1.0%
Ecuador 190 27.9%
El Salvador 141 14.9%
China 66 60.6%
Peru 57 7.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 21 90.5%
2025 55 94.5%
2024 358 21.2%
2023 796 8.7%
2022 333 15.9%
2021 182 22.0%
2020 312 24.4%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Laura N. Pierro's asylum approval rate?

Judge Laura N. Pierro's asylum approval rate is 18.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Laura N. Pierro decided?

The dataset lists 2,087 total asylum cases for Judge Laura N. Pierro.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Riefkohl, Alberto J. 29.5% approval rate Reichenberg, Margaret R. 16.8% approval rate Meisner, Daniel A. 24.4% approval rate Dogin, Henry S. 25.0% approval rate Pugliese, Eugene 17.5% approval rate Finston, Leo A. 18.9% approval rate Strasser, William 42.5% approval rate Sagerman, Roger F. 4.8% approval rate Speer, John K. 54.4% approval rate Rastegar, Ramin 15.5% approval rate

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