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Judge Chen, Shana W.

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

4.6%
Approval Rate
232
Granted
5,092
Denied
5,324
Total Decided

Judge Chen, Shana W. serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.6%, 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
Guatemala 1.8% 26 1,407 1,433
Honduras 3.9% 35 874 909
El Salvador 6.8% 31 426 457
Peru 0.5% 2 420 422
Ecuador 3.1% 12 369 381
Colombia 0.3% 1 353 354
Brazil 3.9% 12 292 304
Mexico 12.9% 37 249 286
Nicaragua 0.6% 1 159 160
Venezuela 7.5% 10 124 134
Dominican Republic 7.1% 7 91 98
Haiti 0.0% 0 90 90
Nigeria 44.4% 24 30 54
India 16.7% 6 30 36
Turkey 0.0% 0 33 33
Costa Rica 0.0% 0 23 23
Cuba 0.0% 0 21 21
Ghana 31.6% 6 13 19
Egypt 37.5% 6 10 16
Georgia 7.7% 1 12 13
Russia 0.0% 0 9 9
China 14.3% 1 6 7
Romania 0.0% 0 7 7
Chile 14.3% 1 6 7
Poland 33.3% 2 4 6
Uzbekistan 100.0% 5 0 5
Jamaica 20.0% 1 4 5
Indonesia 0.0% 0 4 4
United Arab Emirates 100.0% 4 0 4
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0 4 4
South Africa 0.0% 0 3 3
Belize 0.0% 0 3 3
Turkmenistan 0.0% 0 3 3
Argentina 0.0% 0 3 3
Ukraine 0.0% 0 3 3
Burkina Faso 0.0% 0 3 3
Philippines 50.0% 1 1 2
Paraguay 0.0% 0 1 1
Bolivia 0.0% 0 1 1
Jordan 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20260.4%1244245
20253.7%461,1971,243
20244.4%561,2101,266
20233.8%421,0531,095
20225.3%30534564
202111.5%40309349
20205.9%40642682

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