Yvonne S. Gonzalez
Immigration Judge, San Antonio Immigration Court. Appointed October 2017 by Jeff Sessions.
Asylum record, FY 2021-2026
TRAC source →- Decisions on the merits
- 479
- Asylum granted
- 194
- Other relief granted
- 160
- Denied
- 125
- Against own court
- -15.1 pts
| FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% | 23% | 2% | 32% | 46% |
Docket
Respondents represented by counsel: 72% (nationally, 81% are represented).
Most common nationalities: Venezuela (23.2%), Honduras (19%), Mexico (11.1%), Cuba (8.1%), Nepal (6.1%).
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Yvonne S. Gonzalez to begin hearing cases in October 2017. Judge Gonzalez ear ned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from Trinity Universityand a Juris Doctor in 1983 from St. Mary's School of Law. From 2012 to 2017, she worked atthe U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, serving as a criminal assistant U.S.attorney in San Antonio from 2012 to 2016, and a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Social Security Administration Anti-Fraud Unit in El Paso, Texas, from 2016 to 2017. From 2006 to2012, she served as a criminal assistant district attorney for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, in San Antonio. From 1999 to 2006, she was a civil litigator at the Law Office of Yvonne Salinas Gonzalez, in Laredo, Texas. From 1992 to 1998, she served as a criminal assistant U.S.attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, in Laredo. From 1989 to1991, she served as a criminal assistant district attorney for Webb County District Attorney's Office, in Laredo. From 1985 to 1988, she was a civil litigator at the Law Offices of Mann,Freed, Trevino & Hale, in Laredo. Judge Gonzalez is a member of the Texas State Bar.
In the record
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