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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Amy K. Zaske

Immigration Judge, Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Zaske83.2%
Bloomington court80.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
315
Asylum granted
25
Other relief granted
28
Denied
262
Against own court
+3.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25
74%90%

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: Ecuador (23.5%), Honduras (14.3%), Guatemala (13%), Nicaragua (9.2%), El Salvador (5.7%).

Official biography

Amy K.R. Zaske was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Zaske ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. From 2007 to 2023, she was an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Minneapolis – Saint Paul. In 2007, she served as an unemployment law judge at the Department of Employment and Economic Development for the State of Minnesota. Judge Zaske is a member of the Minnesota 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.

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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.