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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Delia I. Gonzalez

Immigration Judge, Harlingen Immigration Court. Appointed February 2017 by Loretta E. Lynch.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Gonzalez47.1%
Harlingen court46.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
255
Asylum granted
42
Other relief granted
93
Denied
120
Against own court
+1.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
41%37%19%56%67%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 66% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (33.3%), Honduras (13.3%), Venezuela (11.8%), Nicaragua (9%), Cuba (8.6%).

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Delia I. Gonzalez to begin hearing cases in February 2017. Judge Gonzalez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993 from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from the Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. From 2006 through 2016, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security. From 2001 through 2006, she served as a trial attorney for the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, entering on duty through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Judge Gonzalez is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

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 Harlingen

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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.