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Inside Immigration

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Elizabeth Treacy

Immigration Judge, Chicago Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Treacy41.0%
Chicago court49.0%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
481
Asylum granted
246
Other relief granted
38
Denied
197
Against own court
-8.0 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24FY25FY26
32%40%50%

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

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 ear ned 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 practic ing immigration law as an associate attorney at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP. Judge Treacy is a member of the Illinois State Bar.

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.

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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.