EOIR / Immigration Judge
Immigration Judge Defoe, Craig A. - Chicago Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics
Over the trailing 12 months, Immigration Judge Defoe, Craig A. granted asylum in 4.9% of decided cases at the Chicago Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.
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Latest 12-month grant rate
Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months
Lifetime total cases
All recorded asylum decisions
FY2025 court average
Complete fiscal year: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Court average before the 2025 change
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.
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From Deportation Data Project FOIA release
Monthly grant-rate trend
| Month | Grant rate |
|---|---|
| 2021-09 | 25.0% |
| 2021-10 | 16.7% |
| 2021-11 | 41.7% |
| 2021-12 | 66.7% |
| 2022-01 | 66.7% |
| 2022-02 | 50.0% |
| 2022-03 | 43.5% |
| 2022-04 | 71.4% |
| 2022-05 | 69.6% |
| 2022-06 | 86.7% |
| 2022-07 | 38.9% |
| 2022-08 | 32.1% |
| 2022-09 | 41.5% |
| 2022-10 | 50.0% |
| 2022-11 | 51.8% |
| 2022-12 | 10.0% |
| 2023-01 | 40.0% |
| 2023-02 | 16.7% |
| 2023-03 | 40.9% |
| 2023-04 | 19.2% |
| 2023-05 | 59.1% |
| 2023-06 | 9.5% |
| 2023-07 | 18.2% |
| 2023-08 | 76.9% |
| 2023-09 | 26.7% |
| 2023-10 | 26.7% |
| 2023-11 | 39.4% |
| 2023-12 | 65.0% |
| 2024-01 | 16.7% |
| 2024-02 | 50.0% |
| 2024-03 | 20.0% |
| 2024-04 | 12.5% |
| 2024-05 | 48.3% |
| 2024-06 | 20.8% |
| 2024-07 | 0.0% |
| 2024-08 | 25.0% |
| 2024-09 | 33.3% |
| 2024-10 | 36.4% |
| 2024-11 | 44.4% |
| 2024-12 | 20.0% |
| 2025-01 | 0.0% |
| 2025-02 | 17.9% |
| 2025-03 | 17.4% |
| 2025-04 | 9.7% |
| 2025-05 | 10.7% |
| 2025-06 | 19.6% |
| 2025-07 | 14.1% |
| 2025-08 | 6.9% |
| 2025-09 | 8.3% |
| 2025-10 | 4.5% |
| 2025-11 | 9.2% |
| 2025-12 | 1.8% |
| 2026-01 | 0.0% |
| 2026-02 | 0.0% |
| 2026-03 | 0.0% |
| 2026-04 | 0.0% |
| 2026-05 | 16.4% |
| 2026-06 | 0.0% |
| 2026-07 | 8.8% |
| 2026-08 | 8.7% |
These statistics describe past asylum decisions, not a prediction of any individual case. Your options depend on the specific facts of your case.