Immigration Judge at Bloomington, MN
Judge Ryan R. Wood serves at the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 11.2%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Former Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Ryan Wood resigned in January 2025 after becoming concerned about the direction of the immigration courts and later publicly criticized pressure on judges to accelerate removals.
Source: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/minnesota-fort-snelling-court-changes-immigration-judges/
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Ryan R. Wood is listed with the Bloomington, MN Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 11.2% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Nicaragua (220 decided, 5.9% grant rate), Ecuador (187 decided, 2.1% grant rate), and Guatemala (157 decided, 1.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 2026-07-01. It is for research and information only, not legal advice.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 220 | 5.9% |
| Ecuador | 187 | 2.1% |
| Guatemala | 157 | 1.9% |
| Mexico | 139 | 17.3% |
| Honduras | 107 | 2.8% |
| Venezuela | 47 | 10.6% |
| El Salvador | 32 | 9.4% |
| Colombia | 17 | 0.0% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 376 | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 295 | 9.5% |
| 2022 | 133 | 16.5% |
| 2021 | 21 | 38.1% |
| 2020 | 68 | 27.9% |
Judge Ryan R. Wood's asylum approval rate is 11.2% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 1,832 total asylum cases for Judge Ryan R. Wood.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.