Immigration Judge at Hartford, CT
Judge Straus, Michael W. serves at the Hartford, CT 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).
Straus, Michael W. is listed with the Hartford, CT 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 Brazil (1,339 decided, 1.7% grant rate), Guatemala (1,135 decided, 8.7% grant rate), and Ecuador (1,028 decided, 9.8% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1.7% | 23 | 1,316 | 1,339 |
| Guatemala | 8.7% | 99 | 1,036 | 1,135 |
| Ecuador | 9.8% | 101 | 927 | 1,028 |
| Honduras | 8.1% | 56 | 634 | 690 |
| Nicaragua | 5.4% | 33 | 573 | 606 |
| Peru | 6.3% | 21 | 311 | 332 |
| El Salvador | 12.1% | 27 | 196 | 223 |
| Colombia | 10.6% | 23 | 194 | 217 |
| Mexico | 31.8% | 47 | 101 | 148 |
| Venezuela | 29.2% | 33 | 80 | 113 |
| Haiti | 4.6% | 4 | 83 | 87 |
| Jamaica | 28.8% | 19 | 47 | 66 |
| Turkey | 46.5% | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| Dominican Republic | 16.2% | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| India | 32.3% | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| Pakistan | 65.2% | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| China | 38.1% | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Egypt | 76.2% | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Bangladesh | 60.0% | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Russia | 85.0% | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Ghana | 42.1% | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Ukraine | 80.0% | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| Sri Lanka | 64.3% | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 71.4% | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Libya | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Congo | 40.0% | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Cuba | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 87.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Afghanistan | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Poland | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Philippines | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Albania | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Belarus | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Iran | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Uganda | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.9% | 110 | 1,279 | 1,389 |
| 2024 | 9.4% | 155 | 1,492 | 1,647 |
| 2023 | 8.2% | 122 | 1,357 | 1,479 |
| 2022 | 19.6% | 156 | 639 | 795 |
| 2021 | 16.4% | 101 | 515 | 616 |
| 2020 | 14.4% | 85 | 507 | 592 |