Judge Jaimes-Salgado, Maria

2.7%

Approval Rate

Granted

2,470

Denied

2,537

Total Decided

Judge Jaimes-Salgado, Maria serves at the Houston Greenspoint, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.7%, 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 Jaimes-Salgado (Houston Greenspoint, TX) data snapshot: Overall rate fell from 9% to 0% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Jaimes-Salgado, Maria (IJ code MJO, Houston Greenspoint, TX):

Overall track record

5 years on the bench (since 2022), 3,200 cases total, lifetime grant rate 2.6%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,144 cases, grant rate 2.6% — roughly in line with the Houston Greenspoint court average (2.2%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Honduras               896    0.1%
Mexico                 513    1.6%
Cuba                   404   10.9%
Venezuela              388    8.4%
Nicaragua              221    2.4%
El Salvador            215    2.7%
Guatemala              184    0.0%
Colombia               128    0.0%
Ecuador                 42    0.0%
Peru                    25    0.0%
Dominican Republic      21    0.0%

Year-by-year

2023:  522 cases, 8.7% grant rate
2024:  602 cases, 2.7% grant rate
2025: 1342 cases, 1.2% grant rate
2026:  678 cases, 0.4% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Jaimes-Salgado, 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

Jaimes-Salgado, Maria is listed with the Houston Greenspoint, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 2.7% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Honduras (843 decided, 0.1% grant rate), Mexico (416 decided, 1.7% grant rate), and Venezuela (347 decided, 8.9% 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
Honduras	0.1%	1	842	843
Mexico	1.7%	7	409	416
Venezuela	8.9%	31	316	347
Nicaragua	2.4%	5	200	205
El Salvador	2.6%	5	186	191
Guatemala	0.0%	0	179	179
Cuba	11.6%	16	122	138
Colombia	0.0%	0	113	113
Ecuador	0.0%	0	35	35
Peru	0.0%	0	23	23
Dominican Republic	0.0%	0	17	17
Turkey	16.7%	2	10	12
Romania	0.0%	0	5	5
Senegal	0.0%	0	4	4
Sri Lanka	0.0%	0	3	3
Russia	0.0%	0	3	3
India	0.0%	0	2	2
Haiti	0.0%	0	1	1

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	0.2%	1	402	403
2025	1.2%	14	1,147	1,161
2024	2.7%	14	501	515
2023	8.7%	41	428	469
2022	2.0%	1	48	49
2020	0.0%	0	1	1