Judge Drucker, Richard

15.1%

Approval Rate

607

Granted

3,486

Denied

4,093

Total Decided

Judge Drucker, Richard serves at the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 15.1%, 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 Drucker (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: India vs Guatemala grant rates differ 37×, overall rate fell from 31% to 4% in 3 years

A few numbers worth knowing if you have a hearing in front of Judge Drucker, Richard (IJ code RDD, New York Varick 5th, NY):

Overall track record

6 years on the bench (since 2021), 5,183 cases total, lifetime grant rate 14.6%

Last 3 years (2023–2026): 3,897 cases, grant rate 12.8% — 8.7pp below the New York Varick 5th court average (21.5%)

Nationality breakdown (2023–2026 cumulative)

Nationality / Cases / Grant rate
Mexico                 737    2.5%
Ecuador                586   15.9%
Guatemala              456    1.1%
Venezuela              341    4.1%
Honduras               329    7.6%
Colombia               253   19.6%
Nicaragua              139   13.3%
El Salvador            126    8.5%
Peru                   110    7.5%
India                   70   40.7%
Haiti                   64   12.1%

India applicants see a 40.7% grant rate versus 1.1% for Guatemala applicants — a 36.6× gap on this judge's docket.

Year-by-year

2023: 1002 cases, 30.5% grant rate
2024:  989 cases, 6.3% grant rate
2025:  982 cases, 4.7% grant rate
2026:  924 cases, 3.9% grant rate

If you've appeared before Judge Drucker, 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

Drucker, Richard is listed with the New York Varick 5th, NY Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 15.1% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Ecuador (1,244 decided, 14.2% grant rate), Mexico (500 decided, 2.6% grant rate), and Honduras (402 decided, 10.2% 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
Ecuador	14.2%	177	1,067	1,244
Mexico	2.6%	13	487	500
Honduras	10.2%	41	361	402
Guatemala	2.4%	9	373	382
Venezuela	12.4%	34	240	274
Colombia	19.1%	48	203	251
El Salvador	15.9%	24	127	151
Nicaragua	23.5%	31	101	132
Peru	6.9%	7	95	102
Haiti	16.3%	14	72	86
Uzbekistan	45.5%	30	36	66
India	42.2%	27	37	64
Russia	78.7%	48	13	61
Brazil	11.4%	4	31	35
Dominican Republic	3.3%	1	29	30
Bangladesh	88.9%	24	3	27
Cuba	3.7%	1	26	27
Senegal	4.0%	1	24	25
China	0.0%	0	20	20
Georgia	82.4%	14	3	17
Turkey	35.3%	6	11	17
Mauritania	0.0%	0	16	16
Guinea	35.7%	5	9	14
Chile	28.6%	4	10	14
Jamaica	14.3%	2	12	14
Costa Rica	0.0%	0	13	13
Unknown Nationality	81.8%	9	2	11
Comoro Islands	100.0%	10	0	10
Ghana	12.5%	1	7	8
Jordan	0.0%	0	8	8
Nigeria	16.7%	1	5	6
Somalia	33.3%	2	4	6
Pakistan	100.0%	5	0	5
Canada	0.0%	0	5	5
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	100.0%	4	0	4
Bolivia	0.0%	0	4	4
Ukraine	0.0%	0	4	4
Cameroon	50.0%	2	2	4
Democratic Republic Of Congo	0.0%	0	4	4
Egypt	50.0%	2	2	4
Nepal	33.3%	1	2	3
Belarus	100.0%	3	0	3
Afghanistan	0.0%	0	3	3
Sudan	33.3%	1	2	3
Romania	0.0%	0	3	3
Albania	33.3%	1	2	3
Congo	0.0%	0	3	3
Bhutan	0.0%	0	3	3
Panama	0.0%	0	2	2

Yearly Trends

Year	Approval Rate	Granted	Denied	Decided
2026	3.9%	16	390	406
2025	4.7%	34	692	726
2024	6.3%	56	837	893
2023	30.5%	294	669	963
2022	18.5%	209	920	1,129
2021	32.2%	29	61	90
2020	0.0%	0	1	1

Community Discussion

Judge Drucker (New York Varick 5th, NY) data snapshot: India vs Guatemala grant rates differ 37×, overall rate fell from 31% to 4% in 3 years

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Approval Rate by Nationality

Yearly Trends

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