Alex Perez
Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed August 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 662
- Asylum granted
- 57
- Other relief granted
- 28
- Denied
- 577
- Against own court
- -2.2 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | 82% | 91% | 95% |
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.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint
Court page →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.