Judge Venci, Michelle

Immigration Judge at Chicago, IL

6.0%

Approval Rate

196

Granted

3,558

Denied

3,754

Total Decided

Judge Venci, Michelle serves at the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.0%, 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 Venci (Chicago, IL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 23% to 2% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Venci, Michelle (IJ code MEV, Chicago, IL):

Overall track record

9 years on the bench (since 2018), 5,173 cases total, lifetime grant rate 5.5%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 5,118 cases, grant rate 5.3% — 7.1pp below the Chicago court average (12.4%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Venezuela              998    2.2%
Mexico                 919    4.1%
Nicaragua              685    4.1%
Guatemala              454    2.2%
Honduras               441    2.3%
Colombia               382    0.3%
Ecuador                297    0.0%
Cuba                   128   37.5%
El Salvador             94    8.3%
Haiti                   70    0.0%
China                   62   29.3%

Year-by-year

2023:  499 cases, 22.6% grant rate
2024:  946 cases, 7.7% grant rate
2025: 1996 cases, 3.0% grant rate
2026: 1677 cases, 2.1% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Venci, 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

Venci, Michelle is listed with the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 6.0% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Venezuela (760 decided, 3.2% grant rate), Mexico (688 decided, 4.7% grant rate), and Nicaragua (570 decided, 4.4% 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
Venezuela	3.2%	24	736	760
Mexico	4.7%	32	656	688
Nicaragua	4.4%	25	545	570
Honduras	3.0%	11	351	362
Guatemala	2.3%	8	344	352
Colombia	0.3%	1	303	304
Ecuador	0.0%	0	246	246
El Salvador	8.9%	7	72	79
Haiti	0.0%	0	58	58
China	28.1%	16	41	57
India	12.8%	5	34	39
Nigeria	36.1%	13	23	36
Peru	0.0%	0	29	29
Russia	53.8%	14	12	26
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	12.5%	2	14	16
Moldavia (Moldova)	93.3%	14	1	15
Turkey	26.7%	4	11	15
Brazil	0.0%	0	10	10
Belize	0.0%	0	9	9
Jordan	37.5%	3	5	8
Kazakhstan	42.9%	3	4	7
Mongolia	33.3%	2	4	6
Cuba	60.0%	3	2	5
Pakistan	20.0%	1	4	5
Chile	0.0%	0	5	5
Ukraine	50.0%	2	2	4
Romania	0.0%	0	4	4
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	4	4
Sri Lanka	66.7%	2	1	3
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	33.3%	1	2	3
Ghana	0.0%	0	3	3
Yemen	33.3%	1	2	3
Libya	0.0%	0	3	3
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Poland	33.3%	1	2	3
Vietnam	0.0%	0	3	3
Jamaica	33.3%	1	2	3
Indonesia	0.0%	0	3	3
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Egypt	0.0%	0	1	1
Bulgaria	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	2.3%	20	865	885
2025	3.0%	53	1,720	1,773
2024	7.7%	62	739	801
2023	22.6%	90	309	399
2022	35.7%	10	18	28
2020	0.0%	0	1	1

Community Discussion

Judge Venci (Chicago, IL) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 23% to 2% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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