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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

San Antonio Immigration Court

800 Dolorosa Street, Suite 300, San Antonio, TX 78207. 14 judges with a published asylum record; the court denied 41.2% of asylum cases against 62.9% nationally.

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Judges

median denial rate 42.5%
JudgeAppointedDecisionsDenial rateLeaning
Justin F. AdamsApril 201755961.9%Average
Rifian S. NewazMay 20191,02656.2%Average
Clay N. MartinJune 201617153.2%Lenient
Craig A. HarlowFebruary 201339144.2%Lenient
Eric J. TijerinaAugust 201852843.4%Lenient
Meredith B. TyrakoskiJanuary 201646743.3%Lenient
Elizabeth MartinezMarch 201913442.5%Lenient
Charles M. McCulloughAugust 201755742.0%Lenient
Cynthia A. Lafuente-GaonaNovember 201744339.3%Lenient
Thomas G. Crossan Jr.October 201014933.6%Lenient
Anibal D. MartinezAugust 201018629.6%Lenient
Yvonne S. GonzalezOctober 201747926.1%Lenient
Daniel J. SantanderOctober 201037417.4%Lenient
Margaret D. BurkhartSeptember 19942822.8%Lenient