Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions: Examining the Extremes Before and After the Attorney General's Directive

			FY 2004 - FY 2006			FY 2007 - FY 2009			Change in Disparity
Immigration Court			Judge Denial Rates			Judge Denial Rates			Before vs After AG's Directive
Immigration Court	Decisions	Judges	Lowest	Highest	Range	Lowest	Highest	Range	Amount of Change	Source of Change
New York	38,964	28	6.7%	87.6%	80.9	5.2%	66.5%	61.3	-19.6	change in decisions
Miami	27,028	25	24.5%	97.8%	73.3	65.3%	90.5%	25.2	-48.1	change in judges
Los Angeles	13,582	27	33.0%	86.9%	53.9	36.6%	84.0%	47.4	-6.5	change in decisions
San Francisco	10,882	22	33.0%	91.0%	58.0	39.5%	85.0%	45.5	-12.5	change in decisions
Orlando	6,264	5	41.2%	84.3%	43.1	28.0%	81.3%	53.3	10.2	offsetting trends (B)
Baltimore	5,275	5	41.0%	67.3%	26.3	50.8%	68.6%	17.8	-8.5	change in decisions
Newark	4,512	7	36.5%	82.9%	46.4	51.1%	74.2%	23.1	-23.3	change in decisions and judges
Boston	3,645	6	37.6%	70.1%	32.5	51.4%	64.0%	12.6	-19.9	change in judges
Arlington	3,096	6	33.6%	75.9%	42.3	16.1%	52.5%	36.4	-5.9	change in judges
Philadelphia	3,008	4	69.0%	88.3%	19.3	36.3%	62.6%	26.3	7.0	offsetting trends (A)
Chicago	2,976	7	11.8%	73.5%	61.7	18.1%	60.5%	42.4	-19.3	change in decisions
San Diego	2,403	8	30.2%	75.4%	45.2	15.9%	53.1%	37.2	-8.0	change in decisions
Houston	2,323	6	72.4%	87.7%	15.3	75.3%	100.0%	24.7	9.4	change in judges increase disparity
Cleveland	1,948	7	32.0%	81.3%	49.3	24.5%	87.4%	62.9	13.6	offsetting trends (A)
Atlanta	1,425	5	76.2%	97.4%	21.2	75.5%	95.7%	20.2	-1.0	offsetting trends (A)