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Alexandra R. Larsen

Immigration Judge, Omaha Immigration Court. Appointed October 2019 by William P. Barr.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+21.8 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Larsen84.7%
Omaha court85.8%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
1,001
Asylum granted
29
Other relief granted
124
Denied
848
Against own court
-1.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
94%83%88%56%68%94%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 90% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Guatemala (32.8%), El Salvador (16.3%), Mexico (14.3%), Honduras (10.9%), Nicaragua (6.7%).

Official biography

Attorney General William Barr appointed Alexandra Larsen to begin hearing cases in October 2019. Judge Larsen ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 from Macalester College and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from Creighton University School of Law. From 2014 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Omaha, Nebraska. From 2012to 2014, she served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. From 2011 to 2012, she served as deputy chief and chief of OPLA, District Court Litigation Division (DCLD), ICE, DHS, in the District of Columbia. From 2008 to 2011, she served as an associate legal advisor for the DCLD, ICE, DHS, in the District of Columbia. From 2007 to2008, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Donald E. O'Brien in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, in Sioux City, Iowa. From 2002 to 2007, she practiced civil litigation in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, and the District of Columbia. Judge Larsen is am ember of the District of Columbia Bar and Nebraska State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.