Andrew Xavier Stawar
Immigration Judge, Houston South Gessner Immigration Court. Appointed November 2024.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 583
- Asylum granted
- 20
- Other relief granted
- 36
- Denied
- 527
- Against own court
- +8.4 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 83% | 94% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 64% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Honduras (19.4%), Venezuela (18.5%), Colombia (11.5%), El Salvador (10.5%), Cuba (8.7%).
Official biography
Andrew Xavier Stawar was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2024. Judge Stawar ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from New College of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2005 from the Washington College of Law, American University. From 2020 to 2024, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2017 to 2020, he served as a supervisory immigration services officer at the Houston Field Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS. From 2013 to 2017, he served in various roles, including asylum officer, senior asylum officer, and asylum officer (training), at the Houston Asylum Office, USCIS, DHS. From 2010 to 2013, he was the supervising immigration attorney at the nonprofit Pisgah Legal Services, head quartered in Asheville, North Carolina. From 2008 to 2010, he was an immigration attorney in private practice in Clearwater, Florida. Judge Stawar is a member of the Kentucky Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Gessner
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.