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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Claudia Cubas

Immigration Judge, Hyattsville Immigration Court. Appointed March 2022.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-41.2 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Cubas21.7%
Hyattsville court57.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
465
Asylum granted
349
Other relief granted
15
Denied
101
Against own court
-35.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
6%13%19%47%67%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 94% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (39.8%), Guatemala (13.5%), Honduras (11.8%), Cameroon (9.9%), Ethiopia (5.6%).

Official biography

Claudia R. Cubas was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in March 2022. Judge Cubas ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of St. Thomas, in Houston, and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. From 2018 to 2022, she was the Litigation Director at the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition in the District of Columbia. She held the following roles at the CAIR Coalition: from 2016 to 2018, Senior Program Director; from 2014 to 2016, Program Director; from 2013 to 2014, Supervising Attorney for the Legal Orientation Program; and from 2011 to 2012, Staff Attorney. From 2009 to 2011, she was an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow at the Central American Resource Center, in the District of Columbia. From 2008 to 2009, she was an Attorney in private practice. Judge Cubas is a member of the Maryland 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.

Other judges at Hyattsville

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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.