Published EOIR nationality subset, 2020–2026; grant-or-denial outcomes only.
| Comparison | Grant rate | Decided cases |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua applicants at Chicago, IL | 6.9% | 10,478 |
| Nicaragua applicants across published courts | 7.0% | 123,825 |
| All applicants at Chicago, IL | 18.3% | 187,425 |
The grant rate for Nicaragua applicants at this court is about the same as the published nationwide rate for this nationality. It is 11.3 percentage points lower than the court’s overall rate.
This court accounts for 8.5% of the published grant-or-denial outcomes for Nicaragua applicants in this 2020–2026 subset. That share describes the dataset, not the share of all asylum applications filed nationwide.
Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). These rows are based on court-nationality cells that met the source publication threshold. They do not control for judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, or changes over time, and they cannot predict an individual case.
Review the Chicago, IL court profile, the Nicaragua nationality page, and the dataset definitions and downloads.