Cait Irwin

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed May 2024.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-24.3 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Irwin38.6%

Dallas court70.1%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 236
Asylum granted: 55
Other relief granted: 90
Denied: 91
Against own court: -31.5 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY25	FY26
41%	34%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 71% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Honduras (19.5%), Venezuela (18.2%), El Salvador (15.7%), Mexico (14%), Guatemala (8.5%).

Official biography

Cait Irwin was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2024. Judge Irwin ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Texas State University and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Oklahoma City University School of Law. From 2022 to 2024, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Antonio. From 2014 to 2022, she served as an assistant district criminal attorney, serving from 2016 to 2022 in Bexar County, Texas, and from 2014 to 2016 in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Judge Irwin is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

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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.