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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Alexander Lee

Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed July 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Lee88.5%
Houston - Greenspoint court89.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
775
Asylum granted
67
Other relief granted
22
Denied
686
Against own court
-0.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
83%85%83%94%92%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 83% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (32.9%), El Salvador (17.4%), Mexico (11.7%), Venezuela (11%), Nicaragua (6.3%).

Official biography

Alexander H. Lee was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in July 2021.Judge Lee ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Kenyon College and a Juris Doctor in 2002from Chicago-Kent College of Law. From 2017 to 2021, he served as an Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security, in Pearsall and San Antonio, Texas. From 2011 to 2017, heserved as a Staff Attorney for the Washington State Department of Health, in Tumwater,Washington. From 2005 to 2011, he was in private practice in Olympia, Washington. Judge Leeis a member of the Washington State Bar.

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.