Graphical Highlights
 
Nationality and Court-by-Court Disparity in Asylum Decisions:
Examining the Extremes

Fiscal Years 2008 - 2010

 

        Denial Rates (%)
Nationality* Immigration Court Decisions Judges Lowest Highest Range
China                   
Los Angeles            
854 12 16.7 74.4 57.7
                        
New York               
9,110 27 4.0 73.9 69.9
                        
Newark                 
709 7 35.7 69.9 34.2
Colombia                
Miami                  
541 7 40.2 88.2 48.0
                        
Orlando                
742 5 41.2 88.1 46.9
El Salvador             
Los Angeles            
400 7 90.2 98.1 7.9
Ethiopia                
Arlington              
452 6 6.0 40.0 34.0
                        
Baltimore              
357 5 17.4 44.4 27.1
Haiti                   
Miami                  
2,542 18 51.6 97.1 45.6
                        
Orlando                
1,360 6 60.8 93.2 32.4
India                   
San Francisco          
292 5 38.3 62.1 23.8
Iraq                    
San Diego              
265 4 0.0 3.5 3.5
Venezuela               
Miami                  
289 4 48.1 72.2 24.1
                        
Orlando                
349 4 24.4 80.3 55.9
             
Average 36.5
Weighted Average 54.4
Median 34.1
Weighted Median 57.7

* To be included, a court had to have at least 4 judges who made 50 or more asylum decisions in each time period.


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