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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Alex Perez

Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed August 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Perez87.2%
Houston - Greenspoint court89.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
662
Asylum granted
57
Other relief granted
28
Denied
577
Against own court
-2.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
79%82%91%95%

Read from TRAC's chart to the nearest point. Years with fewer than 25 decisions are not shown.

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (20.4%), Venezuela (19.3%), Cuba (15.7%), Mexico (12.5%), Nicaragua (8.9%).

Official biography

Alex D. Perez was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in August 2022. Judge Perez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from the University of Houston Law Center. From 2019 to 2022, he served as a deputy chief counsel, and from 2010 to 2019, as an assistant chief counsel, with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security in Houston. From 2009 to 2010, he worked in private practice in Houston. Judge Perez is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

No published reporting or appellate decisions naming this judge have been collected yet.

Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint

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About these figures. Denial rates describe outcomes in the cases a judge happened to hear, which differ by detention, nationality and representation. They are not a measure of fairness or competence. Method and sources are on the judges index.