Karen Nazaire
Immigration Judge, Newark Immigration Court. Appointed October 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 207
- Asylum granted
- 0
- Other relief granted
- 2
- Denied
- 205
- Against own court
- +28.7 pts
| FY26 |
|---|
| 98% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 65% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Ecuador (37.7%), Colombia (12.1%), Guatemala (12.1%), Peru (11.6%), Honduras (11.1%).
Official biography
Karen Nazaire was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2022. Judge Nazaire ear ned two Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from Kean University, a Juris Doctor in 2011 from Mississippi College School of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2012 from American University Washington College of Law. From 2021 to 2022, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Arlington, Virginia. From 2017 to 2021, she served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Phoenix. From 2012 to 2017, she served as an assistant deputy public defender with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender. During that time, from 2012 to 2016, she provided in-house consultations and training on criminal immigration matt ers to staff and contract attorneys state wide. Judge Nazaire is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and New York State Bar.
In the record
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Other judges at Newark
Court page →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.