Graphical Highlights
 
Nationality and Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions: Examining the Middle Fifty Percent of Judges
Before and After the Attorney General's Directive

        FY 2004 - FY 2006 FY 2007 - FY 2009 Change in Disparity for Middle Judges
Nationality Immigration
Court
    Denial Rates for
Middle 50% of Judges
Denial Rates for
Middle 50% of Judges
Before vs After AG's Directive
Decisions Judges Low (25th
Percentile)
High (75th
Percentile)
Middle
Range
Low (25th
Percentile)
High (75th
Percentile)
Middle
Range
Amount
of
Change
Source
of
Change
China All 27,409 80 28.1% 71.3% 43.2 13.5% 53.7% 40.1  
Los Angeles 2,829 23 36.5% 67.2% 30.8 35.9% 61.5% 25.6 -5.2 change in judges
Newark 1,331 6 24.3% 59.7% 35.4 40.5% 62.0% 21.5 -13.9 change in decisions
New York 20,136 28 23.2% 56.8% 33.6 11.6% 33.7% 22.1 -11.5 change in decisions
Colombia All 10,830 32 60.0% 87.6% 27.6 52.2% 76.5% 24.2  
Miami 8,149 23 68.9% 89.3% 20.4 59.8% 74.1% 14.3 -6.1 offsetting trends (A)
Orlando 2,294 4 43.1% 69.2% 26.1 43.1% 76.5% 33.3 7.2 ofsetting trends (B)
Ethiopia All 1,560 6 43.1% 49.2% 6.1 11.1% 44.6% 33.5  
Baltimore 958 4 35.4% 49.8% 14.4 40.2% 47.9% 7.6 -6.8 change in judge
Haiti All 13,600 31 79.1% 91.4% 12.3 74.8% 91.2% 16.4  
Miami 11,104 24 80.4% 91.4% 11.1 77.5% 91.2% 13.7 2.6 change in judges increase disparity
India All 2,420 17 31.5% 63.9% 32.4 33.2% 56.6% 23.4  
San Francisco 2,282 16 31.9% 67.5% 35.6 34.0% 61.6% 27.7 -7.9 change in decisions
Venezuela All 2,403 17 77.4% 92.8% 15.4 44.8% 68.5% 23.7  
Miami 1,935 15 80.5% 94.8% 14.4 57.2% 68.5% 11.3 -3.1 change in decisions

offsetting trends (A): change in decisions increase disparity; change in judges lessen disparity
offsetting trends (B): change in decisions lessen disparity; change in judges increase disparity


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