Graphical Highlights
 
Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions: Examining
the Middle Fifty Percent of Judges

Fiscal Years 2008 - 2010

 

      Denial Rates (%)
Immigration Court* Decisions Judges Low
(25th Percentile)
High
(75th Percentile)
Middle Range
New York                37,999 27 16.5 39.4 22.9
Miami                   24,268 22 70.9 82.7 11.8
Los Angeles             13,932 25 53.1 67.3 14.3
San Francisco           10,188 15 40.1 71.2 31.1
Orlando                 6,549 6 54.6 80.7 26.1
Baltimore               5,002 6 40.3 56.1 15.8
Newark                  4,274 7 44.9 72.0 27.1
Boston                  3,690 7 53.0 59.4 6.4
Arlington               3,021 7 20.9 34.1 13.3
Chicago                 2,900 5 37.9 54.8 16.9
San Diego               2,479 8 28.8 40.8 12.0
Houston                 1,880 5 76.1 80.1 4.0
Cleveland               1,696 5 49.1 81.4 32.3
San Antonio 849 5 39.9 68.6 28.7
           
Average 18.8
Weighted Average 19.1
Median 16.4
Weighted Median 22.9

* To be included, a court had to have at least 4 judges who made 75 or more asylum decisions.


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