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Inside Immigration

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Amy Fairchild Haer

Immigration Judge, Atlanta W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court. Appointed August 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Haer79.2%
Atlanta court82.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
529
Asylum granted
67
Other relief granted
43
Denied
419
Against own court
-3.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
35%70%88%77%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 88% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (23.8%), Guatemala (13.2%), Honduras (12.9%), Colombia (6.8%), Venezuela (6.4%).

Official biography

Amy F. Haer was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in August 2022. Judge Haer ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2003 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the George Washington University Law School. From 2017 to 2022, she was the Director of Immigration Legal Services at Catholic Charities Atlanta. From 2015 to 2017, she was the Associate Director for Immigration and Refugee Services at Catholic Community Services – Tucson (CCS-T). From 2012 to 2015, she was the Program Director for the Immigrant Survivors Legal Assistance Program at CCS-T. From 2008 to 2012, she was a staff attorney with Catholic Charities Atlanta. Judge Haer is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.

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.

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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.