Cait Irwin
Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed May 2024.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 236
- Asylum granted
- 55
- Other relief granted
- 90
- Denied
- 91
- Against own court
- -31.5 pts
| FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|
| 41% | 34% |
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 earned 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.
In the record
EOIR Announces 18 New Immigration Judges and 2 New Appellate Immigration Judges
Official DOJ notice states Cait Irwin was appointed as an Immigration Judge at the Dallas Immigration Court to begin hearing cases in May 2024, following prior service as an assistant chief counsel with ICE's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor in San Antonio and as an assistant district criminal attorney in Texas and Oklahoma.
Other judges at Dallas
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.