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Judge Straus, Michael W.

Immigration Judge at Hartford, CT

16.7%
Approval Rate
674
Granted
5,699
Denied
6,373
Total Decided

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).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
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

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20257.9%1101,2791,389
20249.4%1551,4921,647
20238.2%1221,3571,479
202219.6%156639795
202116.4%101515616
202014.4%85507592

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