Enrique A. Holguin

Immigration Judge, El Paso Immigration Court. Appointed November 2023.

StrictDenies far more often than the national average+26.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Holguin89.5%

El Paso court64.3%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 294
Asylum granted: 23
Other relief granted: 8
Denied: 263
Against own court: +25.2 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25
63%	95%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 51% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (34.7%), Venezuela (18.7%), Colombia (16.3%), Cuba (9.2%), Guatemala (4.1%).

Official biography

Enrique A. Holguin was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2023. Judge Holguin ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. In 2023, he served as a mana ging attorney for a local nonprofit organization, Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, in El Paso. From 2014 to 2023, he practiced immigration and criminal defense law with the law office of Jaime Alvarado in El Paso, Texas. From 2015 to 2023, he also served as a municipal judge for the City of El Paso. In 2013, he was an assistant district attorney for the 34th Judicial District of Texas. Judge Holguin is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

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

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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.