Ann Welhaf
Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 336
- Asylum granted
- 119
- Other relief granted
- 10
- Denied
- 207
- Against own court
- +4.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | 60% | 86% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (21.7%), Cameroon (19.9%), Peru (11.6%), Honduras (7.7%), Guatemala (7.4%).
Official biography
Ann M. Welhaf was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Welhaf earned a Bachelor of Science in 1986 from the University of Alabama and a Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in 1990 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. From 2008 to 2021, she served as a trial attorney at the Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice. From 1990 to 2003, she served as a trial attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, in Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., and, from 2004 to 2008, she served as managing counsel of the Washington, D.C. Field Litigation Office. Judge Welhaf is a member of the Colorado Bar.
In the record
EOIR Announces 32 New Immigration Judges
Official DOJ/EOIR notice states Ann M. Welhaf was appointed an Immigration Judge at the Hyattsville Immigration Court starting October 2022, after serving as a DOJ Office of Immigration Litigation trial attorney and an IRS Office of Chief Counsel trial attorney.
Other judges at Hyattsville
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.