Judge Lee, Mary C.

Judge Lee, Mary C.

12.5%

Approval Rate

620

Granted

4,931

Denied

5,551

Total Decided

Judge Lee, Mary C. serves at the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 12.5%, 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 Lee (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: 6,823 cases over 10 years, 12.4% grant rate

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Lee, Mary C. (IJ code MCL, Philadelphia, PA):

Overall track record

10 years on the bench (since 2017), 6,823 cases total, lifetime grant rate 12.4%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 4,406 cases, grant rate 11.1% — roughly in line with the Philadelphia court average (9.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Guatemala              908    6.3%
Brazil                 842    2.1%
Honduras               425    6.4%
Dominican Republic     338    1.5%
Mexico                 314   22.0%
Ecuador                264    4.6%
Nicaragua              132    7.9%
Colombia               124    0.0%
Venezuela              120   13.9%
Turkey                 113    5.4%
Haiti                  100    2.0%

Year-by-year

2023: 1055 cases, 13.8% grant rate
2024:  907 cases, 14.9% grant rate
2025: 1532 cases, 9.5% grant rate
2026:  912 cases, 6.7% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Lee, 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

Lee, Mary C. is listed with the Philadelphia, PA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 12.5% 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 (1,503 decided, 6.1% grant rate), Brazil (1,065 decided, 1.9% grant rate), and Honduras (709 decided, 7.5% 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	6.1%	92	1,411	1,503
Brazil	1.9%	20	1,045	1,065
Honduras	7.5%	53	656	709
Mexico	22.8%	81	274	355
Dominican Republic	4.0%	13	309	322
Ecuador	5.2%	12	220	232
El Salvador	17.7%	28	130	158
Nicaragua	8.0%	10	115	125
Haiti	5.6%	7	117	124
Venezuela	21.2%	25	93	118
Turkey	4.7%	5	102	107
Colombia	1.0%	1	103	104
Russia	71.6%	63	25	88
Uzbekistan	23.9%	16	51	67
Belarus	93.4%	57	4	61
Peru	5.3%	3	54	57
India	18.4%	7	31	38
Nigeria	79.4%	27	7	34
Georgia	13.3%	4	26	30
China	75.0%	21	7	28
Jamaica	28.0%	7	18	25
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	45.5%	10	12	22
Liberia	66.7%	10	5	15
Dominica	0.0%	0	14	14
Chile	0.0%	0	12	12
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	12	12
Cuba	10.0%	1	9	10
Pakistan	80.0%	8	2	10
Kazakhstan	44.4%	4	5	9
Ghana	77.8%	7	2	9
Guinea	0.0%	0	9	9
Senegal	12.5%	1	7	8
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	57.1%	4	3	7
Syria	16.7%	1	5	6
Mauritania	16.7%	1	5	6
Hungary	0.0%	0	5	5
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	0.0%	0	5	5
Unknown Country	0.0%	0	5	5
Kosovo	100.0%	4	0	4
Holland	0.0%	0	4	4
Togo	100.0%	4	0	4
Bangladesh	100.0%	3	0	3
Ukraine	66.7%	2	1	3
Vietnam	33.3%	1	2	3
Trinidad And Tobago	33.3%	1	2	3
Sri Lanka	33.3%	1	2	3
Germany	0.0%	0	3	3
Afghanistan	33.3%	1	2	3
Soviet Union	100.0%	2	0	2
Poland	100.0%	2	0	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	5.1%	30	554	584
2025	9.5%	140	1,337	1,477
2024	14.9%	126	721	847
2023	13.8%	139	866	1,005
2022	11.9%	112	826	938
2021	27.6%	115	301	416
2020	14.0%	70	429	499

Community Discussion

Judge Lee (Philadelphia, PA) data snapshot: 6,823 cases over 10 years, 12.4% grant rate

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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