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Chicago Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics

Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the Chicago Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.

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Latest 12-month grant rate

5.2%

Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months

Lifetime total cases

36,202

All recorded asylum decisions

FY2025 court average

30.3%

Complete fiscal year: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

Before the 2025 change

54.6%

FY2024 baseline: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024

FY2024 was the last full fiscal year before the January 2025 asylum-policy changes, so it is kept fixed as a before-and-after baseline rather than updated. More cases now close administratively, which shifts the merit-decision mix and is why the later figures are much lower.

Last data refresh

2026-09-24

From Deportation Data Project FOIA release

Monthly grant-rate trend

0%25%50%75%100%
Monthly grant-rate data
MonthGrant rate
2025-0914.4%
2025-1015.3%
2025-1116.4%
2025-1211.8%
2026-0110.4%
2026-026.0%
2026-035.7%
2026-045.4%
2026-054.8%
2026-063.1%
2026-072.1%
2026-081.3%

Which immigration judges work at the Chicago Immigration Court?

The table below lists every judge with substantive asylum case volume in the last 24 months at the Chicago Immigration Court. The 12-month grant rate column reflects the trailing year ending 2026-09-24. Lifetime cases counts all recorded asylum decisions for each judge across the FOIA-released dataset.

Judge12-month grant rateLifetime cases
Abraham, Shawn J.0.0%293
Ambrose, Dillon J.0.0%11
Bain, Quynh Vu-1
Baldini-Potermin, Maria-75
Bales, Eric C.-2
Barilla, Jody-366
Barrow, Sarjo-3
Bashore, Jacob D.-5
Beese, Matthew C.1.8%708
Bower, Glen L.-416
Brahos, O. John-552
Bratton, Scott-15
Chapa, Teofilo-4
Charanza, Albert0.0%10
Cole, Samuel B.-10
Corrin, Melanie K.-8
Criss, Scott D.-2
Crites, Elizabeth5.1%1,059
Cuevas, Carlos-1,394
Curran, Brendan C.3.4%1,567
De Angelis, Kathryn L.-436
Defoe, Craig A.4.9%2,201
Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel-184
Diaz, Irma0.0%217
Dierkes, Joseph-37
Dillow, Eric-2
Dufresne, Jill H.-1
Eller, Donald R., JR.2.5%444
Ellison, Sarah M.-181
Espinoza, Carla-258
Feder, Robin E.-6
Flesch, Kenneth1.9%210
Fluhr, Philip-225
Freeman, D'Anna H.3.0%202
Fujimoto, James R.-771
Giambastiani, Jennie L.-1,085
Gorland, Jennifer M.-9
Gross, Kevin-3
Guidry, Monica Thompson-2
Hable, Paul A.-5
Harrell, Stephen W.0.0%42
Hart, Brandon L.-11
Hermus, Jason-1
Herndon, Megan B.-11
Horn, Michael C.-7
Howard, Justin W.-5
Josephson, Kenneth-9
Katsivalis, George P.-1
Kim, Peter A.0.2%1,027
Klein, Eliza-249
Klosowsky, Michael4.2%1,937
Lang, Elizabeth G.-456
Lee, June0.0%120
Leonard, Joseph T.-1
Luskin, Joshua D.11.8%1,100
MacGregor, Margaret R.0.0%11
Marshall, Jacob-3
Mckenna, Patrick M.2.2%2,719
Mcnulty, Sheila-246
Mencini, Ana-18
Miller, Jane Chace.-1
Naseem, Samia12.3%1,420
Nelson, Kristi-174
Patti, Sebastian T.-476
Perez-Guzman, Virginia-372
Perkins, Robbin0.0%123
Petrone, Anthony D., JR.-26
Petty, Aaron R.-10
Peyton, Jennifer I.-640
Pimentel, Frank T.-8
Poore, John A.-5
Quiros, Ana Lorena.0.0%196
Reynolds, Gina12.2%1,207
Rosche, Robin J.-443
Salinardi, Jayme-1
Salovaara, Kaarina-904
Saltzman, Eva S.16.7%901
Santiago, Luisa-13
Shahan, Kenneth-2
Smith, Renetta-219
Stahl, Marc13.9%2,318
Sydnor, Kelley N-16
Treacy, Elizabeth12.5%833
Tregerman, Gwendylan E.-4
Uddin, Marium S.-3
Venci, Michelle2.6%1,571
Vinikoor, Robert D.-1,761
Vyas, Akash-5
Yeargin, Robert-1
Yokoyama, Lori-107
Zerbe, Craig M.-1,465

Frequently asked questions

What is the asylum grant rate at the Chicago Immigration Court?

Over the trailing 12 months, the Chicago Immigration Court granted asylum in 5.2% of decided cases. The fiscal year 2024 (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) court-wide average was 54.6%. The two numbers may differ because policy and caseload shifts can move rates significantly year-over-year.

How many immigration judges work at the Chicago Immigration Court?

Based on the most recent FOIA-released EOIR data, 91 immigration judges are listed as actively sitting at the Chicago Immigration Court with asylum case volume in the last 24 months. The full judge roster, each with their individual grant rate, appears below.

How many asylum decisions has the Chicago Immigration Court issued total?

The Chicago Immigration Court has issued 36,202 recorded asylum decisions across the full FOIA-released dataset. This includes both grants and denials but excludes administrative outcomes (cases dismissed, terminated, or closed without a merits ruling).

How is the asylum grant rate calculated?

Grant rate = (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted") divided by (cases with case_outcome of "Relief Granted" or "Remove"). Cases closed administratively - dismissed, terminated, voluntary departure - are excluded from the denominator. This is the standard methodology used by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse) and the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley).

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Methodology & sources

Primary source
Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley) - FOIA-released EOIR case-level data.
Secondary source
TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University) - independent corroboration of grant-rate aggregates.
Last data refresh
2026-09-24

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