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Inside Immigration

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Raisa Cohen

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed March 2016 by Loretta E. Lynch.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Cohen6.0%
New York court47.7%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
451
Asylum granted
413
Other relief granted
11
Denied
27
Against own court
-41.7 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY21FY22FY23FY24
8%10%4%4%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 97% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (37.8%), India (16.2%), Bangladesh (8.9%), Nepal (8%), El Salvador (4.9%).

Official biography

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch appointed Judge Raisa Cohen to begin hearing cases in March 2016. Judge Cohen ear ned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2002 from Baruch College, City University of New York Zicklin School of Business, and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from St. John's University School of Law. From September 2015 to February 2016, and previously from April 2009 to September 2014, Judge Cohen served as assistant chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in New York. From October 2014 to September 2015, Judge Cohen was an attorney at Cohen & Cohen Law Group PC, in New York. From 2007 through 2009, Judge Cohen was an immigration attorney at the Law Firm of Ted Sofer, in New York. Judge Cohen 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.