Elizabeth Treacy
Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 481
- Asylum granted
- 246
- Other relief granted
- 38
- Denied
- 197
- Against own court
- -8.0 pts
| FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | 40% | 50% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Mexico (13.3%), Russia (12.9%), Venezuela (11.9%), Colombia (11%), Nicaragua (7.9%).
Official biography
Elizabeth I. Treacy was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Treacy earned her Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the University of Georgia Law School. From 2019 to 2023, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. From 2010 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Chicago. From 2007 to 2010, she was practicing immigration law as an associate attorney at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP. Judge Treacy is a member of the Illinois State Bar.
In the record
EOIR Announces 38 New Immigration Judges
EOIR's notice records that Elizabeth I. Treacy was appointed an immigration judge beginning August 2023 at the Chicago Immigration Court, after four years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.
Chaotic, crowded Chicago immigration mega court hearings are fueling record deportation orders
The Sun-Times reports that former immigration judge Elizabeth Treacy resigned on 22 June after presiding over three mass master calendar hearings in Chicago that each listed between 130 and 150 people, warning that the volume invited error.
Feds use 'mega' court hearings to speed through immigration cases
USA TODAY reports that former immigration judge Elizabeth Treacy left the bench after presiding over three large Chicago master hearings, citing fatigue and the repetitive nature of the mass docket as sources of potential error.
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Court page →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.