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Judge Cole, Samuel B.

Immigration Judge at Chicago, IL

23.0%
Approval Rate
210
Granted
1,204
Denied
1,414
Total Decided

Judge Cole, Samuel B. serves at the Chicago, IL Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 23.0%, 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
Mexico 9.3% 79 768 847
Honduras 21.3% 29 107 136
Guatemala 10.7% 13 109 122
El Salvador 18.4% 9 40 49
Nicaragua 42.6% 20 27 47
Cuba 43.3% 13 17 30
Colombia 8.0% 2 23 25
India 10.5% 2 17 19
Dominican Republic 17.6% 3 14 17
Nigeria 26.7% 4 11 15
Burma (Myanmar) 61.5% 8 5 13
Venezuela 50.0% 6 6 12
Laos 18.2% 2 9 11
Ecuador 0.0% 0 11 11
Poland 25.0% 2 6 8
Jordan 28.6% 2 5 7
Somalia 71.4% 5 2 7
Haiti 60.0% 3 2 5
Democratic Republic Of Congo 25.0% 1 3 4
Romania 0.0% 0 4 4
Georgia 0.0% 0 3 3
Iraq 100.0% 3 0 3
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.0% 0 3 3
Jamaica 66.7% 2 1 3
Ukraine 0.0% 0 3 3
China 0.0% 0 2 2
Congo 50.0% 1 1 2
Philippines 0.0% 0 2 2
Senegal 0.0% 0 2 2
Pakistan 0.0% 0 1 1
Ethiopia 100.0% 1 0 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20260.0%011
202517.7%26121147
202415.6%58313371
202312.7%44302346
202215.6%38206244
202119.7%38155193
202023.7%70225295

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