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Judge Tamaira Rivera

Immigration Judge at Boston, MA

36.3%
Approval Rate
61
Granted
107
Denied
168
Total Decided

Judge Tamaira Rivera serves at the Boston, MA Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 36.3%, this judge is average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

How to Interpret These Judge Statistics

Tamaira Rivera is listed with the Boston, MA Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 36.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.

Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights El Salvador (44 decided, 27.3% grant rate), Brazil (31 decided, 6.5% grant rate), and Guatemala (29 decided, 37.9% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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.

Read the grant-rate methodology or learn how to read immigration judge statistics.

Nationality Breakdown

NationalityCasesGrant rate
El Salvador 44 27.3%
Brazil 31 6.5%
Guatemala 29 37.9%
Honduras 18 38.9%
Dominican Republic 10 60.0%
Uganda 3 100.0%
Thailand 2 100.0%
Haiti 1 0.0%

Yearly Trends

YearCasesGrant rate
2022 88 54.5%
2021 79 16.5%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Judge Tamaira Rivera's asylum approval rate?

Judge Tamaira Rivera's asylum approval rate is 36.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.

How many asylum cases has Judge Tamaira Rivera decided?

The dataset lists 168 total asylum cases for Judge Tamaira Rivera.

How is this approval rate calculated?

The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.

Other judges at this court

Shapiro, Leonard I. 27.4% approval rate Gagnon, Paul M. 28.0% approval rate O'Malley, Brenda 38.2% approval rate D'Angelo, Matthew J. 24.2% approval rate O'Sullivan, Maureen 65.5% approval rate Sheppard, Patricia 24.8% approval rate Sturla, Mario J. 19.2% approval rate Masters, Todd A. 16.0% approval rate Furlong, John M., JR. 14.9% approval rate Cramer, Francis L. 20.0% approval rate

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