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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Port Isabel Detention Center

27991 Buena Vista Blvd., Los Fresnos, TX 78566. 7 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 84.3% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 78.2%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Morris I. OnyewuchiMarch 201631189.7%Strict
Paul A. Hable200022685.0%Strict
Frank T. PimentelJuly 201722881.6%Strict
Paul A. Hable200011078.2%Strict
Margaret R. MacGregorAugust 202313377.4%Strict
Frank T. PimentelJuly 201714573.1%Strict
Margaret R. MacGregorAugust 202314763.3%Average