EOIR / Immigration Judge
Immigration Judge Defonzo, Paul - New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics
EOIR's FOIA data release does not report a trailing 12-month asylum grant rate for Immigration Judge Defonzo, Paul at the New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. Across the 2028 decisions on record from January 1998 to August 2008, the asylum grant rate was 47.3%.
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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.
Last data refresh
From Deportation Data Project FOIA release
Monthly grant-rate trend
| Month | Grant rate |
|---|---|
| 2003-09 | 57.1% |
| 2003-10 | 41.2% |
| 2003-11 | 52.6% |
| 2003-12 | 62.5% |
| 2004-01 | 69.2% |
| 2004-02 | 61.1% |
| 2004-03 | 40.0% |
| 2004-04 | 9.1% |
| 2004-05 | 33.3% |
| 2004-06 | 71.4% |
| 2004-07 | 46.7% |
| 2004-08 | 72.2% |
| 2004-09 | 50.0% |
| 2004-10 | 50.0% |
| 2004-11 | 43.8% |
| 2004-12 | 38.5% |
| 2005-01 | 40.0% |
| 2005-02 | 27.3% |
| 2005-03 | 47.6% |
| 2005-04 | 35.0% |
| 2005-05 | 40.0% |
| 2005-06 | 50.0% |
| 2005-07 | 44.4% |
| 2005-08 | 14.3% |
| 2005-09 | 25.0% |
| 2005-10 | 63.2% |
| 2005-11 | 70.0% |
| 2005-12 | 76.9% |
| 2006-01 | 38.1% |
| 2006-02 | 41.2% |
| 2006-03 | 43.5% |
| 2006-04 | 63.2% |
| 2006-05 | 68.8% |
| 2006-06 | 39.1% |
| 2006-07 | 70.0% |
| 2006-08 | 100.0% |
| 2006-09 | 90.0% |
| 2006-10 | 72.2% |
| 2006-11 | 63.2% |
| 2006-12 | 63.6% |
| 2007-01 | 74.1% |
| 2007-02 | 66.7% |
| 2007-03 | 56.3% |
| 2007-04 | 57.1% |
| 2007-05 | 55.0% |
| 2007-06 | 79.0% |
| 2007-07 | 41.7% |
| 2007-08 | 48.0% |
| 2007-09 | 50.0% |
| 2007-10 | 68.2% |
| 2007-11 | 60.0% |
| 2007-12 | 57.1% |
| 2008-01 | 62.5% |
| 2008-02 | 72.7% |
| 2008-03 | 62.5% |
| 2008-04 | 80.0% |
| 2008-05 | 70.8% |
| 2008-06 | 63.6% |
| 2008-07 | 66.7% |
| 2008-08 | 70.0% |
These statistics describe past asylum decisions, not a prediction of any individual case. Your options depend on the specific facts of your case.