Immigration Judge at Port Isabel, TX
Judge Veronica Marie. Segovia serves at the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 1.3%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
In March 2025, The Guardian reported that Immigration Judge Veronica Marie Segovia denied asylum to a Turkish applicant identified as ES despite DHS not opposing asylum, drawing criticism from his lawyers.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/turkey-us-immigration-asylum-denial
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Veronica Marie. Segovia is listed with the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court. The headline asylum grant rate shown here is 1.3% based on granted and denied asylum decisions represented in the current dataset.
Among the largest nationality groups shown for this judge, the table highlights Mexico (579 decided, 0.5% grant rate), Venezuela (333 decided, 1.2% grant rate), and Honduras (291 decided, 0.0% 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 Other procedural outcomes, including terminated, withdrawn, administratively closed, or removed cases, are tracked separately where available and are not treated as asylum grants.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 579 | 0.5% |
| Venezuela | 333 | 1.2% |
| Honduras | 291 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 125 | 2.4% |
| Colombia | 74 | 2.7% |
| Nicaragua | 69 | 1.4% |
| Cuba | 54 | 1.9% |
| El Salvador | 41 | 0.0% |
| Year | Cases | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 510 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 875 | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 471 | 2.1% |
Judge Veronica Marie. Segovia's asylum approval rate is 1.3% according to EOIR FOIA data.
The dataset lists 1,863 total asylum cases for Judge Veronica Marie. Segovia.
The approval rate is calculated as granted divided by (granted + denied). It excludes terminations and withdrawals, and the source is EOIR FOIA data.