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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Jason Hermus

Immigration Judge, Dallas Immigration Court. Appointed March 2026.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Hermus97.4%
Dallas court70.1%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
116
Asylum granted
2
Other relief granted
1
Denied
113
Against own court
+27.3 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY26
97%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 99% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: Venezuela (48.3%), Honduras (13.8%), Mexico (7.8%), El Salvador (5.2%), Cuba (3.4%).

Official biography

Jason Hermus was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in March 2026. Judge Hermus ear ned a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in 1994 from the University of North Texas, and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from Southern Methodist University. From November 2002 to February 2026, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office in Dallas in various positions including as a trial prosecutor in numerous county and district courts, a division chief of the Public Integrity Division, chief of the Homicide Intake Unit, and in the last six years he served as a legal division director over the Gang/Community Response Division, the Organized Crime Division, the Specialized Crime Division, the Fraud and White Collar Crime Units, and the Elder Abuse Unit. Judge Hermus is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

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

In the record

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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.