Nationality and 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
Nationality	Immigration Court			Judge Denial Rates			Judge Denial Rates			Before vs After AG's Directive
Nationality	Immigration Court	Decisions	Judges	Lowest	Highest	Range	Lowest	Highest	Range	Amount of Change	Source of Change
China	All	27,409	80	6.6%	100.0%	93.4	3.7%	89.5%	85.8
	Los Angeles	2,829	23	24.8%	89.7%	64.9	11.8%	77.6%	65.8	0.9
	Newark	1,331	6	16.9%	61.7%	44.8	37.4%	73.2%	35.8	-9.0	change in decisions
	New York	20,136	28	8.0%	90.5%	82.5	3.7%	68.7%	65.0	-17.5	change in decisions
Colombia	All	10,830	32	21.0%	97.2%	76.2	15.8%	90.9%	75.1
	Miami	8,149	23	21.0%	97.2%	76.2	46.9%	90.9%	44.0	-32.2	offsetting trends (A)
	Orlando	2,294	4	40.2%	88.6%	48.4	15.8%	84.6%	68.8	20.4	offsetting trends (B)
Ethiopia	All	1,560	6	26.6%	50.4%	23.8	8.5%	55.0%	46.5
	Baltimore	958	4	26.6%	50.4%	23.8	30.4%	55.0%	24.6	0.8
Haiti	All	13,600	31	13.6%	100.0%	86.4	56.1%	97.0%	40.9
	Miami	11,104	24	31.2%	97.9%	66.7	57.7%	97.0%	39.3	-27.4	change in judges
India	All	2,420	17	21.7%	92.9%	71.2	21.2%	65.7%	44.5
	San Francisco	2,282	16	21.7%	92.9%	71.2	21.2%	65.7%	44.5	-26.7	change in decisions
Venezuela	All	2,403	17	16.4%	100.0%	83.6	17.7%	82.8%	65.1
	Miami	1,935	15	16.4%	100.0%	83.6	44.8%	77.8%	33.0	-50.6	change in judges