EOIR / Immigration Judge
Immigration Judge Law, Philip S. - Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics
EOIR's FOIA data release does not report a trailing 12-month asylum grant rate for Immigration Judge Law, Philip S. at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court. Across the 1097 decisions on record from April 1999 to February 2011, the asylum grant rate was 41.8%.
Free, Confidential Case Review
Have a case before Judge Law?
These are past statistics, not a prediction of your case. Leave your name and number for a free, confidential review from an immigration attorney.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2006-03 | 60.0% |
| 2006-04 | 61.9% |
| 2006-05 | 79.0% |
| 2006-06 | 12.5% |
| 2006-07 | 12.5% |
| 2006-08 | 23.1% |
| 2006-09 | 38.5% |
| 2006-10 | 21.7% |
| 2006-11 | 30.4% |
| 2006-12 | 100.0% |
| 2007-01 | 50.0% |
| 2007-02 | 30.8% |
| 2007-03 | 41.2% |
| 2007-04 | 20.0% |
| 2007-05 | 41.7% |
| 2007-06 | 33.3% |
| 2007-07 | 42.9% |
| 2007-08 | 53.3% |
| 2007-09 | 30.8% |
| 2007-10 | 50.0% |
| 2007-11 | 15.4% |
| 2007-12 | 100.0% |
| 2008-01 | 40.0% |
| 2008-02 | 100.0% |
| 2008-03 | 42.9% |
| 2008-04 | 57.1% |
| 2008-05 | 50.0% |
| 2008-06 | 55.6% |
| 2008-07 | 50.0% |
| 2008-08 | 75.0% |
| 2008-09 | 66.7% |
| 2008-10 | 46.2% |
| 2008-11 | 87.5% |
| 2009-01 | 85.7% |
| 2009-02 | 37.5% |
| 2009-03 | 75.0% |
| 2009-04 | 81.8% |
| 2009-05 | 0.0% |
| 2009-06 | 0.0% |
| 2009-07 | 75.0% |
| 2009-08 | 42.9% |
| 2009-09 | 100.0% |
| 2009-10 | 20.0% |
| 2009-11 | 50.0% |
| 2010-01 | 73.3% |
| 2010-02 | 100.0% |
| 2010-03 | 40.0% |
| 2010-04 | 60.0% |
| 2010-05 | 0.0% |
| 2010-06 | 33.3% |
| 2010-07 | 66.7% |
| 2010-08 | 50.0% |
| 2010-09 | 60.0% |
| 2010-10 | 63.6% |
| 2010-11 | 18.2% |
| 2011-02 | 0.0% |
These statistics describe past asylum decisions, not a prediction of any individual case. Your options depend on the specific facts of your case.