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Inside Immigration

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Immigration judges

Terese Tadros-Ibarra

Immigration Judge, Santa Ana Immigration Court. Appointed October 2021.

Asylum record, FY 2021-2026

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Judge Tadros-Ibarra62.3%
Santa Ana court76.5%
All judges nationally62.9%
Decisions on the merits
547
Asylum granted
182
Other relief granted
24
Denied
341
Against own court
-14.2 pts
Denial rate by fiscal year
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
29%26%40%73%87%

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

Docket

Respondents represented by counsel: 92% (nationally, 81% are represented).

Most common nationalities: China (17.9%), Mexico (13%), India (11.3%), Colombia (10.8%), Nicaragua (8.8%).

Official biography

Terese Tadros-Ibarra was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in October 2021. Judge Tadros-Ibarra ear ned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Montclair State University and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Seton Hall University School of Law. In 2021, she served as a Supervisory Attorney Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice, in Falls Church, Virginia. From 2015 to 2021, she served as an Attorney Advisor, BIA. From 2013 to 2015, she was a Senior Associate with Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2012, she was an Associate Attorney for The Law Offices of Irena Karpinski, in the District of Columbia. From 2009 to 2010, she was a Partner with Christian, Giro & Tadros LLP, in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2008, she was a Commercial Litigation Associate with Harwood Lloyd LLC, in Hackensack, New Jersey. From 2004 to 2007, she was a Civil Litigation Associate with Kalbian Hagerty LLP, in the District of Columbia. From 2003 to 2004, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Criminal Division, Essex County. Judge Tadros- Ibarra is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Maryland State Bar, and New Jersey State Bar.

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

In the record

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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.