Alysha M. Welsh
Immigration Judge, Annandale Immigration Court. Appointed February 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 279
- Asylum granted
- 35
- Other relief granted
- 2
- Denied
- 242
- Against own court
- +7.1 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 86% | 88% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 95% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (24.4%), Honduras (19.4%), Peru (11.1%), Colombia (7.2%), Guatemala (6.5%).
Official biography
Alysha M. Welsh was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in February 2023. Judge Welsh ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Boston University and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Suffolk University Law School. In 2022, she was the legal director at the University of Maryland's Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment Center for Human Trafficking Survivors in College Park, Maryland. From 2018 to 2022, she was the mana ging attorney at Human Rights First in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2018, she was an associate attorney in Boston practic ing immigration law at the following firms: Joyce and Associates (2017-2018); Maiona & Ward Immigration Law (2015-2017); and The Law Offices of Saher J. Macarius (2014-2015). From 2013 to 2014, she served as an AmeriCorps legal fellow with South Coastal Counties Legal Services in Fall River, Massachusetts. Judge Welsh is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Annandale
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.