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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Erin Alexander

Immigration Judge, Sterling Immigration Court. Appointed December 2020 by William P. Barr.

LenientGrants far more often than the national average-23.6 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Alexander39.3%
Sterling court71.6%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
262
Asylum granted
141
Other relief granted
18
Denied
103
Against own court
-32.3 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25
43%21%47%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 87% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: El Salvador (21.4%), Honduras (17.2%), Peru (10.7%), Afghanistan (9.9%), Guatemala (8.4%).

Official biography

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Erin L. Alexander as an Immigration Judge in December 2020. Judge Alexander earned a Bachelor of Science in 2004 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Engineering in 2009 from Pennsylvania State University,and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from Georgetown University Law Center. From 2014 to 2020, sheserved as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. From2012 to 2014, she was in private practice in the District of Columbia. From 2004 to present, shehas served in the U.S. Navy, in active duty and reserve capacities, as a nuclear engineer, a civil engineer, and a judge advocate in the U.S., Afghanistan, and Italy. Judge Alexander is a member of the New York State Bar.

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

In the record

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review

    EOIR Announces 14 New Immigration Judges

    EOIR's notice records that Attorney General William Barr appointed Erin L. Alexander an immigration judge in December 2020 at the New York - Broadway court, listing her engineering and law degrees from MIT, Penn State and Georgetown.

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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.