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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Immigration judges

Iman Ghasri

Immigration Judge, Santa Ana Immigration Court. Appointed March 2022.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Ghasri82.7%
Santa Ana court76.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
906
Asylum granted
119
Other relief granted
38
Denied
749
Against own court
+6.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY23FY24FY25FY26
68%77%85%90%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 92% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Mexico (22.8%), Colombia (12.1%), China (10.4%), Nicaragua (9.4%), India (7.4%).

Official biography

Iman Ghasri was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in March 2022. Judge Ghasri ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2001 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from the University of Miami School of Law. From 2006 to 2022, he was in private practice in San Diego and Orange counties in Southern California, with the last 12 years dedicated to the field of immigration law. Judge Ghasri is a member of the State Bar of California.

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 Santa Ana

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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.