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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Lily C Hsu

Immigration Judge, Los Angeles-North Los Angeles St. Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Hsu67.3%
Los Angeles - North court65.4%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
990
Asylum granted
268
Other relief granted
56
Denied
666
Against own court
+1.9 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24
92%68%66%37%

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: Guatemala (23.3%), Colombia (15.8%), El Salvador (13.3%), Honduras (9%), China (8.1%).

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Lily C. Hsu to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Hsu ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from California Western School of Law. From 2006 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Los Angeles. From 2009 to 2011, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles. From 2004 to 2006, she served as an asylum officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS, in Anaheim, California. From 2001 to 2004, she was an associate attorney at Reeves and Associates ALPC. Judge Hsu 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.

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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.