Dania Nassar
Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 1,259
- Asylum granted
- 407
- Other relief granted
- 38
- Denied
- 814
- Against own court
- +17.0 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 10% | 47% | 92% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 60% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (21.8%), China (13.6%), Colombia (8.1%), Venezuela (8.1%), India (6.8%).
Official biography
Dania Nassar was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Nassar ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from South Texas College of Law in Houston. From 2021 to 2022, Judge Nassar served as a supervising administrative law judge and from 2017 to 2021, she served as an administrative law judge at the New York State Office of Children and Family Services – Bureau of Special Hearings in New York City. From 2014 to 2017, Judge Nassar served as an agency attorney for the New York City Administration for Children's Services in Brooklyn, New York. From 2013 to 2014, she was of counsel to a private immigration law firm in New York City. In 2011, she was a legal fellow at Amnesty International – USA in New York City. Judge Nassar is a member of the New York State Bar and the State Bar of Texas.
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