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Dania Nassar

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.

AverageClose to the national average+1.8 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Nassar64.7%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
1,259
Asylum granted
407
Other relief granted
38
Denied
814
Against own court
+17.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
20%10%47%92%

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

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 earned 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.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

In the record

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review

    EOIR Announces 32 New Immigration Judges

    EOIR's notice records that Dania Nassar was appointed an immigration judge beginning October 2022 at the New York - Federal Plaza court, after serving as a supervising administrative law judge and earlier roles, with degrees from UT Austin and South Texas College of Law.

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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.