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Judge Paul A. Hable

Immigration Judge at Pearsall, TX

2.9%
Approval Rate
85
Granted
2,887
Denied
2,972
Total Decided

Judge Paul A. Hable serves at the Pearsall, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.9%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Paul A. Hable is listed with the Pearsall, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 2.9% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (741 decided, 5.7% grant rate), Honduras (695 decided, 0.1% grant rate), and El Salvador (287 decided, 1.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
Mexico 741 5.7%
Honduras 695 0.1%
El Salvador 287 1.0%
Guatemala 279 0.7%
Nicaragua 254 1.6%
Venezuela 140 2.1%
Cuba 99 3.0%
Ecuador 91 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2026 185 8.1%
2025 717 2.6%
2024 318 3.8%
2023 158 1.9%
2022 259 1.5%
2021 100 11.0%
2020 1,087 1.4%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Paul A. Hable's asylum approval rate?

Judge Paul A. Hable's asylum approval rate is 2.9% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Paul A. Hable decided?

The dataset lists 2,972 total asylum cases for Judge Paul A. Hable.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Pimentel, Frank T. 4.4% approval rate Cigarroa, Barbara Gonzalez 7.1% approval rate MacGregor, Margaret R. 9.1% approval rate Brown, Jefferson 2.1% approval rate Smith, Jason 16.7% approval rate

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