Ubaid Ul-Haq
Immigration Judge, New York - Varick. Appointed January 2020 by William P. Barr.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 107
- Asylum granted
- 18
- Other relief granted
- 2
- Denied
- 87
- Against own court
- +20.4 pts
| FY22 | FY23 |
|---|---|
| 90% | 75% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 91% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Official biography
Attorney General Barr appointed Ubaid ul-Haq to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Haq earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor in 2010 from Nova Southeastern University, and a Master of Laws in 2011 from American University Washington College of Law. In 2019, he served as a trial attorney with the Office of Immigration Litigation's (OIL) Appellate Court Section, Civil Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), in the District of Columbia. From 2014 to 2019, he served as a trial attorney with OIL's District Court Section, Civil Division, DOJ. Since 2016, he has also served as a judge advocate with the U.S. Army Reserve, in Alexandria, Virginia. In 2014, he served as an associate legal advisor, Executive Communications Unit, Office of Chief Counsel (OCC), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA-San Antonio, ICE, DHS, in Pearsall, Texas. Judge Haq is a member of the Florida State Bar.
In the record
Alone in Court: The U.S. Government's Crackdown on Unaccompanied Migrant Kids
Reporting on unaccompanied minors in immigration court quotes Judge Ubaid ul-Haq telling a girl from the Dominican Republic, watching by video from a shelter, that the government believes she should be removed and that it is his job to determine whether she can be.
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