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In FY2018, 3 of 17 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code DA at Harlingen were grants (17.65%) and 14 were denials (82.35%). That year, the court recorded 10.71%. EOIR data through 2026-08-31; past records do not predict an individual case.

Recorded grant share · Harlingen · HLG

Grants 3 · Denials 14 · N 17
95% interval: 6.19%–41.03%

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely.

Judge code DA
17.65%N 17
Harlingen
10.71%N 112
United States · all courts
No national figure is published for this period

Among comparable judge codes at this court

This figure has fewer than 100 grant-or-denial records, so it is not placed among comparable judge codes.

Record coverage
19 courts with recordsFY1987–FY2018 · 86 court-years · Courts are not pooled
Data through
2026-08-31EOIR records · not on the official listing checked 2026-09-16Data and sources

Historical outcomes by court

Each row is a fiscal year at the court stored on the dated record. Courts are not pooled; an official listing never moves old results to a new court. Small groups remain visible and are labeled.

Judge figures group saved asylum outcomes by the judge code on each EOIR proceeding. The code identifies the assigned judge; these records do not verify who personally made every application decision. How judge figures work

Recorded grant share by fiscal year at Harlingen

0%25%50%75%100%FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY201836.84%24.00%42.86%55.17%55.93%25.00%19.35%52.00%8.89%17.65%45.83%19.51%38.57%41.67%60.42%36.90%38.46%42.59%17.46%10.71%
  • Judge code DA
  • Harlingen
National figures are published for FY2021–FY2025. A broken ring marks a value from fewer than 100 records.
Recorded grant and denial outcomes · EOIR dated records
Completion FYRecorded grant shareTotal (N)Grant recordsDenial records95% interval
Harlingen · HLGExplore this court's full context
FY201817.65%Small sample173146.19%–41.03%
FY20178.89%Small sample454413.51%–20.73%
FY201652.00%Small sample25131233.50%–69.97%
FY201519.35%Small sample316259.19%–36.28%
FY201425.00%Small sample52133915.23%–38.21%
FY201355.93%Small sample59332643.29%–67.85%
FY201255.17%Small sample29161337.55%–71.59%
FY201142.86%Small sample56243230.77%–55.86%
FY201024.00%Small sample2561911.50%–43.43%
FY200936.84%Small sample1971219.15%–58.96%
FY200840.00%Small sample104616.82%–68.73%
FY200761.11%Small sample1811738.62%–79.69%
FY200692.31%Small sample1312166.69%–98.63%
FY200550.00%Small sample147726.80%–73.20%
FY200466.67%Small sample64230.00%–90.32%
FY200333.33%Small sample3126.15%–79.23%
FY2002100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY200177.78%Small sample97245.26%–93.68%
FY200050.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
FY199950.00%Small sample168828.00%–72.00%
FY199814.29%Small sample7162.57%–51.31%
FY199722.22%Small sample9276.32%–54.74%
FY199637.50%Small sample83513.68%–69.43%
FY19950.00%Small sample5050.00%–43.45%
FY199411.11%Small sample9181.99%–43.50%
FY19920.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY19910.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY19900.00%Small sample707<0.01%–35.43%
FY198910.00%Small sample10191.79%–40.42%
FY19880.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19870.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Conroe · CICExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample5050.00%–43.45%
LaSalle · JNAExplore this court's full context
FY20170.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
Los Fresnos · PISExplore this court's full context
FY201547.83%Small sample23111229.24%–67.04%
FY201437.50%Small sample1661018.48%–61.36%
FY2008100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY200725.00%Small sample8267.15%–59.07%
FY2005100.00%Small sample22034.24%–100.00%
FY200416.67%Small sample6153.01%–56.35%
FY200325.00%Small sample8267.15%–59.07%
FY200216.67%Small sample6153.01%–56.35%
FY20010.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY20000.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19970.00%Small sample303<0.01%–56.15%
FY199625.00%Small sample12398.89%–53.23%
FY19958.33%Small sample121111.49%–35.39%
FY199420.00%Small sample306249.51%–37.31%
FY19930.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19910.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY19900.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19890.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Orlando · ORLExplore this court's full context
FY20070.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
FY200683.33%Small sample1815360.78%–94.16%
Philadelphia · PHIExplore this court's full context
FY200620.00%Small sample5143.62%–62.45%
Newark · NEWExplore this court's full context
FY20060.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
San Antonio · SNAExplore this court's full context
FY200650.00%Small sample2119.45%–90.55%
San Francisco · SFRExplore this court's full context
FY200473.33%Small sample1511448.05%–89.10%
FY200321.95%Small sample4193212.00%–36.71%
West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLAExplore this court's full context
FY200331.58%Small sample1961315.36%–53.99%
FY200235.29%Small sample1761117.31%–58.70%
FY199718.18%Small sample224187.31%–38.52%
FY199681.82%Small sample119252.30%–94.86%
Detroit · DETExplore this court's full context
FY20030.00%Small sample606<0.01%–39.03%
New Orleans · NOLExplore this court's full context
FY200220.00%Small sample5143.62%–62.45%
FY2001100.00%Small sample11020.65%–100.00%
FY199620.59%Small sample3472710.35%–36.80%
FY199523.68%Small sample3892912.99%–39.21%
FY199417.54%Small sample5710479.82%–29.37%
FY19900.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19890.00%Small sample2020.00%–65.76%
FY19880.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
FY19870.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%
Memphis · MEMExplore this court's full context
FY200250.00%Small sample63318.76%–81.24%
FY200125.00%Small sample8267.15%–59.07%
FY200070.00%Small sample2014648.10%–85.45%
FY199870.00%Small sample40281254.57%–81.93%
New York - Federal Plaza · NYCExplore this court's full context
FY200220.00%Small sample5143.62%–62.45%
FY199742.86%Small sample146821.38%–67.41%
Dallas · DALExplore this court's full context
FY200266.67%Small sample96335.42%–87.94%
FY200160.00%Small sample53223.07%–88.24%
Hagatna · AGAExplore this court's full context
FY19990.00%Small sample4040.00%–48.99%
Portland · POOExplore this court's full context
FY199814.29%Small sample7162.57%–51.31%
FY199734.33%Small sample67234424.09%–46.27%
FY199613.04%Small sample233204.54%–32.13%
Las Vegas · LVGExplore this court's full context
FY199440.00%Small sample52311.76%–76.93%
Laredo · LROExplore this court's full context
FY19930.00%Small sample1010.00%–79.35%

Small sample: fewer than 100 grant or denial records. This share can swing widely.

These records do not predict an individual result or measure judge quality. A person may have more than one proceeding.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks · Attribution details

Hearing schedule

One proceeding record is not necessarily a separate hearing session.

Dallas · DAL · All proceedings · 2026-09–2029-08

Asylum-associated records are a subset of All proceedings.

Schedule display range: 2026-09–2029-08 (36 months)

Historical schedule records exist, but no future hearing date is recorded for this selection in this edition.

Hagatna · AGA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Baltimore · BAL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Concord · CCC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Dallas · DAL

Historical schedule records exist, but no future hearing date is recorded for this selection in this edition.

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Detroit · DET

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

El Paso SPC · EPD

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Harlingen · HLG

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Honolulu · HON

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Laredo · LRO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Las Vegas · LVG

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Memphis · MEM

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Newark · NEW

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

New Orleans · NOL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

New York - Federal Plaza · NYC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Orlando · ORL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Philadelphia · PHI

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Portland · POO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Pearsall · PSD

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Sacramento · SMO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

San Antonio · SNA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

San Diego · SND

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Tacoma · TAC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0Source files and checks

Dated result records

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Results for the current selection

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These dates belong to proceedings associated with the recorded judge code. They do not establish when that person served or who made the application decision.

Monthly record distribution for this selection

Filtered records by court and fiscal year

All eight saved result categories · same filters as the result list
Historical record courtFiscal yearGrantedDeniedRecorded as abandonedRecorded as withdrawnRecorded as not adjudicatedRecorded as administratively closedOther recorded categoriesNo application result recordedTotal records

Each row totals its eight categories using the current filters. Fiscal years run from 10-01 through 09-30.

One row per eligible proceeding · latest completion date first
Proceeding completion dateHistorical record courtSaved application result

Counts use stored proceeding completion dates and judge codes. Later source releases may revise earlier records.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · eoir-2026-08-judge-records-v2 · Source files and checks

Recorded BIA appeals associated with this judge code

These records are linked to proceedings carrying this EOIR judge code in the 2026-08 source snapshot. The data do not establish that the coded judge personally issued the decision under BIA review.

Historical decision FY2021–FY2025 pooled · respondent-filed appeals (A)

Denominator: respondent-filed BIA IJ Case Appeal events with an exact proceeding link and stored judge code, with a recorded disposition during the displayed period.

Respondent-filed recorded BIA appeal events during FY2021–FY2025
Appeal events (denominator)DIS · recorded dismissal/affirmanceREM · remand as recordedSUS · appeal sustained as recordedOther · mixed recorded dispositions
20002

Small sample: N is below 100. Counts remain visible; a few events can change the pattern substantially.

Questions about these records

Is this the judge’s asylum approval or denial rate?

It is the recorded grant share: of 17 asylum grant-or-denial records under judge code DA at Harlingen in FY2018, 3 were grants (17.65%) and 14 were denials (82.35%).

Withdrawals, abandonment, administrative closure and other outcomes are outside this denominator. The judge code identifies the assigned judge; it does not prove who decided each application.

Why do other websites show a different number?

Publications count different things. This page counts asylum applications that ended in a grant or a denial in EOIR’s public CASE data, by fiscal year, at the court stored on each proceeding, and never pools courts.

Other reports may count other relief, such as withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture, count decisions rather than proceedings, combine courts or use other years. Compare the period, the population and N before comparing percentages.

Why are courts listed separately?

Each record keeps the court stored on its proceeding. This judge code has grant or denial records at 19 courts. They are shown separately and never pooled, and the official listing does not move older records to a new court.

What does a small sample mean here?

When fewer than 100 grant or denial records stand behind a share, one or two decisions can move it by several percentage points. Such figures are marked † or labeled as a small sample, and the 95% interval shows how wide the uncertainty is.

Can these numbers predict my case?

No. They describe past records under a judge code. The outcome of a case depends on its own facts, evidence and law. For advice about your case, talk to a qualified lawyer or accredited representative.

Data and sources

Source cutoff: · eoir-2026-08-judge-source-coverage-v1

Dated asylum records and recorded grants or denials are available by court and fiscal year.

Result record coverage

94,618Associated proceeding records
4,383Proceedings linked to asylum applications
4,370Eligible dated asylum records
1,176Dated grant or denial records

All courts and all stored dates in this source edition. These coverage counts do not change with the result-list filters.

Historical record courts
19
Earliest recorded completion FY
FY1985
Latest recorded completion FY
FY2018
Why some source records are outside the dated results
  • 48 eligible asylum records have no application result; 48 of them appear in the dated list.
  • 11 asylum-linked proceedings are outside the included proceeding types.
  • 2 asylum-linked proceedings have conflicting saved application results.

A blank date or result does not establish a pending case, an undecided application, or the absence of a decision. Missing dates are not assigned to an assumed fiscal year.

All eligible dated result categories are included through the source cutoff, without aggregate suppression filters.

Source cutoff: 2026-08-31 · FY2026 is incomplete. Earlier stored dates may predate a judge’s appointment because assignment and saved completion date describe different events.

Nationality and representation selections do not filter this list. Case identifiers and personal attributes are not included.

Available historical coverage

Source coverage includes all normalized dated records for this identity. It is not verified decision authorship or a complete case history.

Coverage counting rules

Counts describe stored proceedings associated with the judge code, not unique cases, people, or verified decision authorship. Asylum applications are combined per proceeding using the same joins and conflict rules as the dated list.

4,370 asylum-linked proceedings meet the proceeding-type, case-link and result-consistency rules. These eligible records split into missing dates, invalid dates, dates after the cutoff, and dated records through the cutoff.

The dated list includes all saved result categories, including a blank result. Grant share uses only dated grants divided by dated grants plus denials; other categories are excluded.

These are saved results on proceedings assigned to the selected judge in EOIR data, not independently verified decision authorship. The application result has no separate decision timestamp. Completion dates may reflect a different event or later edits.

Each row represents one eligible proceeding after duplicate application rows are combined. Identical dates and results can appear multiple times. A person may have multiple proceedings. Within-day order does not indicate the sequence of decisions.

The public timeline includes all eight saved result categories and all stored completion years through the source cutoff. Conflicting application outcomes and inconsistent case joins remain excluded. Complete records can reconstruct counts hidden in legacy aggregate tables; those tables no longer provide a non-reconstruction guarantee.

Official court listing

Directory checked: EOIR hearing directory

Not on the checked official listing

The checked listing does not establish why this name is absent or where this person works now.

Hearing schedule sources

Schedule filtering and source checks

The 2026-08 EOIR edition is grouped using a source cutoff of 2026-08-31. Counts describe proceeding records with retained future hearing dates, grouped by the judge and court codes stored on each schedule record. Records with a handling reason and other excluded records are kept outside the counts; records that cannot be confirmed are listed separately. All proceedings includes the reliably identified asylum-associated subset.

Later recorded hearing dates are included in the source coverage summary.

All proceedings · future hearing dates through 2036-08-31

These source coverage counts include all proceedings and do not change with the proceedings filter above.

Hagatna · AGA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
9
Other schedule types
9
Reliable asylum association
9

Baltimore

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
2
Other schedule types
2
No identifiable asylum association
2

Concord

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
32
Other schedule types
32
Reliable asylum association
29
No identifiable asylum association
3

Dallas

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
159
Other schedule types
158
Reliable asylum association
61
No identifiable asylum association
98

Detroit

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
53
Other schedule types
52
Reliable asylum association
17
No identifiable asylum association
36

El Paso SPC

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
11
Other schedule types
11
No identifiable asylum association
11

Harlingen

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
121,076
Other schedule types
56,456
Reliable asylum association
8,260
No identifiable asylum association
112,799
Unlinked asylum records
17

Honolulu

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
2
Other schedule types
2
No identifiable asylum association
2

Laredo

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
690
Other schedule types
687
Reliable asylum association
12
No identifiable asylum association
678

Las Vegas

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
42
Other schedule types
42
Reliable asylum association
19
No identifiable asylum association
23

Memphis · MEM

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
402
Other schedule types
401
Reliable asylum association
277
No identifiable asylum association
125

Newark

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
57
Other schedule types
57
Reliable asylum association
44
No identifiable asylum association
13

New Orleans · NOL

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
2,754
Other schedule types
2,334
Reliable asylum association
1,004
No identifiable asylum association
1,750

New York - Federal Plaza

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
81
Other schedule types
81
Reliable asylum association
74
No identifiable asylum association
7

Orlando

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
84
Other schedule types
84
Reliable asylum association
81
No identifiable asylum association
3

Philadelphia

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
121
Other schedule types
117
Reliable asylum association
65
No identifiable asylum association
56

Los Fresnos · PIS

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
27,554
Other schedule types
23,675
Reliable asylum association
2,777
No identifiable asylum association
24,755
Unlinked asylum records
22

Portland

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
702
Other schedule types
701
Reliable asylum association
432
No identifiable asylum association
270

Pearsall

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
44
Other schedule types
43
Reliable asylum association
1
No identifiable asylum association
43

San Francisco · SFR

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
648
Other schedule types
647
Reliable asylum association
536
No identifiable asylum association
112

Sacramento · SMO

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
1
Reliable asylum association
1

San Antonio

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
772
Other schedule types
762
Reliable asylum association
17
No identifiable asylum association
755

San Diego

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
160
Other schedule types
160
No identifiable asylum association
160

Tacoma

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
13
Other schedule types
13
Reliable asylum association
1
No identifiable asylum association
12

West Los Angeles Immigration Court · WLA

Retained: 0Excluded: 0Unable to confirm: 0

Raw Master and Individual records
0
Unconfirmed proportion
Not calculable
Historical schedule records
634
Other schedule types
632
Reliable asylum association
489
No identifiable asylum association
141
Unlinked asylum records
4
View schedule counting rules
Source files, versions and checks

BIA appeal sources

BIA scope and counting rules

These are historical pooled counts, not a judge score or a current pattern. This product has no annual judge-code breakdown. DIS does not prove this judge was affirmed; REM is not an asylum grant; SUS is not a final asylum outcome.

Recorded BIA disposition patterns can change over time. These FY2021–FY2025 counts are not a permanent characteristic of this judge code. Changes may coincide with law, policy, administration, BIA composition, case mix or backlog; these descriptive data do not establish a cause.

All-party source coverage is separate from the respondent-filed table. National parent appeal events: 119,252 · Linked to a stored judge code: 119,155.

Respondent-filed source events: 109,995 · Linked to a stored judge code: 109,915 · Published respondent-filed events: 67,156 · Respondent-filed events with identity limitations: 42,759.

Judge code: DA · Stored source field: B_TblProceeding.IJ_CODE · Population: bia-decided-stored-judge-chronology-clean-1.

Disposition date basis: tblAppeal.datBIADecision · Historical period: 2020-10-01–2025-09-30 · Source cutoff: 2026-08-31.

The stored code is an association in the snapshot, not proof of decision authorship or assignment when the original decision was issued. Today’s judge directory and court listing describe current context only.

Source versions and checks

Coverage and source versions are listed separately from publication, acquisition and later checks. A check does not extend the records beyond their cutoff.

EOIR public CASE data

Used on this page: Dated results, historical outcomes and saved hearing schedules

Historical result coverageFY1985–FY2018

Source edition2026-08

Source snapshot cutoff

The first and last available fiscal years bound this range; intervening years may have no records. Saved hearing dates and BIA disposition periods have separate coverage.

Standard comparison periodFY2021–FY2025

Source obtained or reviewed for this edition

Official source recheck ·

Source reachable at the last check; its contents have not been compared with this edition yet

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