Immigration Judge at Boston, MA
Judge Sarah Cade serves at the Boston, MA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 32.5%, this judge is average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
Former Boston Immigration Judge Sarah Cade resigned in May 2025 after publicly saying immigration-court directives raised due process concerns.
Source: https://newbedfordlight.org/ex-judges-sound-alarm-about-feds-micromanaging-immigration-courts/
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Sarah Cade is listed with the Boston, MA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 32.5% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Brazil (1,397 decided, 27.3% grant rate), Guatemala (134 decided, 44.8% grant rate), and Colombia (100 decided, 17.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.
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| Nationality | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,397 | 27.3% |
| Guatemala | 134 | 44.8% |
| Colombia | 100 | 17.0% |
| Ecuador | 100 | 44.0% |
| Honduras | 89 | 43.8% |
| El Salvador | 85 | 74.1% |
| Angola | 56 | 51.8% |
| Haiti | 46 | 34.8% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 276 | 35.1% |
| 2024 | 600 | 37.3% |
| 2023 | 927 | 35.3% |
| 2022 | 399 | 23.3% |
| 2021 | 12 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 8 | 0.0% |
Judge Sarah Cade's asylum approval rate is 32.5% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 2,295 total asylum cases for Judge Sarah Cade.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.