Miguel A. Cordero Gonzalez
Immigration Judge, Houston South Gessner Immigration Court. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 288
- Asylum granted
- 22
- Other relief granted
- 45
- Denied
- 221
- Against own court
- -5.3 pts
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27% | 78% | 75% | 90% | 83% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 78% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: El Salvador (17.4%), Honduras (16.7%), Venezuela (12.8%), Cuba (8%), Guatemala (7.6%).
Official biography
Attorney General Barr appointed Miguel A. Cordero-Gonzalez to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Cordero-Gonzalez ear ned a Bachelor of Science in 1990 from the University of Puerto Rico and a Juris Doctor in 1993 from the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law. From 2010 to 2019, he served as a state trial court judge, in Puerto Rico. From 1996 to 2019, he served as a judge advocate for the U.S Army Reserve, in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico and Camp Speicher, Iraq, culminating in a current rank of lieutenant colonel. From 2015 to 2016, he served as a senior defense counsel for the 154th Trial Defense Team, Southeast region in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. From 1995 to 2009, he was in private practice. From 1994 to 1995, he served as an assistant to the secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs Office. Judge Cordero is a member of the State Bar of Puerto Rico.
In the record
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Other judges at Houston - Gessner
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.