Shasha Xu

Immigration Judge, New York/Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Appointed August 2023.

StrictDenies more often than the national average+9.2 points

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

Judge Xu72.1%

New York court47.7%

All judges nationally62.9%

Decisions on the merits: 412
Asylum granted: 82
Other relief granted: 33
Denied: 297
Against own court: +24.4 pts

Denial rate by fiscal year
FY24	FY25	FY26
49%	65%	88%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 86% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Official biography

Sha Sha Xu was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in August 2023. Judge Xu ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from Duke University and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from the Temple University Beasley School of Law. From 2019 to 2023, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York. From 2016 to 2019, she served initially as an asylum officer and then as a senior asylum officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS, in New Jersey. From 2011 to 2016, she was in private practice at various law firms in New York and Pennsylvania. Judge Xu is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

As published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review at appointment, via TRAC.

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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.