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Inside Immigration

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

Immigration judges

Lisa W. Ling

Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed November 2018 by Jeff Sessions.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

TRAC source →
Judge Ling62.0%
New York - DET court60.9%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
2,718
Asylum granted
1,009
Other relief granted
23
Denied
1,686
Against own court
+1.1 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
60%60%46%64%97%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 69% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Lisa W. Ling to begin hearing cases in November 2018. Judge Ling ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2003 from Boston College and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from New York Law School. From 2008 to 2018, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Department of Homeland Security, in New York, New York. In 2007, she entered on duty as ajudicial law clerk through the Attorney General's Honors Program, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice, in Los Angeles. Judge Ling 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

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.