Maria Jaimes-Salgado
Immigration Judge, Houston - Greenspoint Park. Appointed August 2022.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 553
- Asylum granted
- 64
- Other relief granted
- 24
- Denied
- 465
- Against own court
- -5.3 pts
| FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53% | 75% | 91% | 98% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 79% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (25.7%), Cuba (17.2%), Honduras (15.2%), Nicaragua (8%), Colombia (6.9%).
Official biography
Maria L. Jaimes-Salgado was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in August 2022. Judge Jaimes-Salgado ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 2006 from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Juris Doctor in 2009 from Texas South University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. From 2021 to 2022, she was an associate attorney with the Law Office of Velia E. Rosas PLLC in Houston. From 2019 to 2022, she was in private practice in Houston. From 2012 to 2019, she was mana ging attorney, and from 2009 to 2012, she was an associate attorney, at the Law Office of Isaias Torres PC in Houston. Judge Jaimes-Salgado is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Greenspoint
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.