Maria E. Navarro
Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed August 2017 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 576
- Asylum granted
- 404
- Other relief granted
- 28
- Denied
- 144
- Against own court
- -22.7 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 14% | 19% | 23% | 48% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 94% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Mexico (35.7%), China (21.4%), Colombia (7.1%), Ecuador (7.1%), Honduras (7.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Maria E. Navarro to begin hearing cases in August 2017. Judge Navarro earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from New York University School of Law. From 1996 to 2017, she worked at The Legal Aid Society, in New York, N.Y., serving as a staff attorney, 1996 to 2008; a supervising attorney, 2008 to 2016; and an acting attorney-in-charge, 2016 to 2017. From 2008 to 2016, she was a supervising attorney at The Legal Aid Society. From 1994 to 1996, she was a staff attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation B, in Brooklyn, N.Y. From 1992 to 1994, she was a tax associate at Coopers & Lybrand, in New York, N.Y. From 2006 to 2016, she was an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School. Judge Navarro is a member of the New York State Bar.
In the record
Executive Office for Immigration Review Swears in Nine Immigration Judges
EOIR announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Maria E. Navarro to the New York City Immigration Court, beginning cases in August 2017. She spent 1996 to 2017 at The Legal Aid Society in New York as a staff and then supervising attorney.
Other judges at New York
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.