Judge Farber, Lauren T.

16.7%

Approval Rate

466

Granted

2,291

Denied

2,757

Total Decided

Judge Farber, Lauren T. serves at the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 16.7%, 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 Farber (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 37% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Farber, Lauren T. (IJ code LTF, New York Varick 5th, NY):

Overall track record

24 years on the bench (since 2003), 4,317 cases total, lifetime grant rate 15.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 2,925 cases, grant rate 11.7% — 9.8pp below the New York Varick 5th court average (21.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              440    4.2%
Brazil                 308    1.0%
Dominican Republic     294    0.7%
Mexico                 257    6.4%
Ecuador                213    2.0%
Honduras               190    4.3%
Colombia               143    0.7%
Venezuela              103    9.9%
China                   93   83.3%
Turkey                  84   10.5%
Haiti                   76    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  405 cases, 37.0% grant rate
2024:  507 cases, 15.3% grant rate
2025:  992 cases, 6.8% grant rate
2026: 1021 cases, 4.5% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Farber, 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

Farber, Lauren T. is listed with the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 16.7% 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 (430 decided, 6.0% grant rate), Dominican Republic (249 decided, 0.8% grant rate), and Mexico (244 decided, 11.9% 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
Guatemala	6.0%	26	404	430
Dominican Republic	0.8%	2	247	249
Mexico	11.9%	29	215	244
Ecuador	4.7%	10	202	212
Brazil	0.5%	1	210	211
Honduras	12.7%	26	178	204
China	82.1%	147	32	179
Colombia	2.0%	3	144	147
Venezuela	11.8%	11	82	93
El Salvador	28.1%	25	64	89
Turkey	9.7%	7	65	72
Haiti	1.4%	1	68	69
Russia	49.2%	29	30	59
Nicaragua	13.8%	8	50	58
India	17.0%	9	44	53
Uzbekistan	14.3%	7	42	49
Peru	0.0%	0	47	47
Dominica	0.0%	0	45	45
Bangladesh	83.9%	26	5	31
Nepal	79.2%	19	5	24
Nigeria	100.0%	21	0	21
Georgia	17.6%	3	14	17
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	31.2%	5	11	16
Albania	90.9%	10	1	11
Belarus	63.6%	7	4	11
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0	10	10
Guinea	10.0%	1	9	10
Jamaica	22.2%	2	7	9
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	9	9
Mauritania	25.0%	2	6	8
Afghanistan	14.3%	1	6	7
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	100.0%	6	0	6
Kosovo	60.0%	3	2	5
Soviet Union	80.0%	4	1	5
Burkina Faso	20.0%	1	4	5
Cameroon	50.0%	2	2	4
Cuba	0.0%	0	4	4
Bolivia	0.0%	0	4	4
Philippines	100.0%	3	0	3
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	3	3
Ukraine	66.7%	2	1	3
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	100.0%	3	0	3
Chile	0.0%	0	3	3
Pakistan	66.7%	2	1	3
Egypt	66.7%	2	1	3
Germany	0.0%	0	3	3
Poland	0.0%	0	2	2
Romania	0.0%	0	2	2
Liberia	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	4.5%	26	550	576
2025	6.8%	64	883	947
2024	15.3%	75	415	490
2023	37.0%	143	243	386
2022	48.7%	184	194	378
2021	52.5%	21	19	40
2020	22.6%	26	89	115

Community Discussion

Judge Farber (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 37% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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