Immigration Judge at Buffalo, NY
Judge Ruehle, Walter H. serves at the Buffalo, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 19.8%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 9.8% | 36 | 331 | 367 |
| Ecuador | 7.4% | 19 | 239 | 258 |
| Mexico | 21.0% | 52 | 196 | 248 |
| Brazil | 2.5% | 5 | 198 | 203 |
| Venezuela | 18.8% | 37 | 160 | 197 |
| Colombia | 5.7% | 11 | 182 | 193 |
| Turkey | 7.9% | 13 | 151 | 164 |
| Nicaragua | 3.5% | 5 | 137 | 142 |
| Honduras | 19.8% | 20 | 81 | 101 |
| Cuba | 19.0% | 16 | 68 | 84 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 22.1% | 17 | 60 | 77 |
| Sri Lanka | 7.4% | 5 | 63 | 68 |
| Peru | 1.5% | 1 | 67 | 68 |
| Russia | 60.3% | 41 | 27 | 68 |
| Angola | 24.2% | 16 | 50 | 66 |
| El Salvador | 18.8% | 12 | 52 | 64 |
| Bangladesh | 33.3% | 20 | 40 | 60 |
| Haiti | 5.1% | 3 | 56 | 59 |
| India | 20.0% | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| Afghanistan | 70.8% | 34 | 14 | 48 |
| Canada | 57.4% | 27 | 20 | 47 |
| Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 3 | 42 | 45 |
| Jamaica | 41.7% | 15 | 21 | 36 |
| Nigeria | 64.0% | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| Ukraine | 95.0% | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Guyana | 33.3% | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Pakistan | 29.4% | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| China | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Ghana | 46.7% | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Mauritania | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Guinea | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Cameroon | 60.0% | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Congo | 44.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Iraq | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Romania | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Sierra Leone | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Belarus | 71.4% | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Somalia | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sudan | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Armenia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Liberia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yemen | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.6% | 113 | 495 | 608 |
| 2024 | 19.4% | 119 | 495 | 614 |
| 2023 | 12.6% | 102 | 710 | 812 |
| 2022 | 26.6% | 115 | 317 | 432 |
| 2021 | 31.4% | 93 | 203 | 296 |
| 2020 | 24.0% | 91 | 288 | 379 |