Otero, NM Immigration Court

6 judges with decisions since 2021 · Court asylum grant rate 24.9% (1,800 decisions)

Judges (most asylum decisions first)

Brock E TaylorOtero, NMAppointed October 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions

52.4%asylum · 700 decisions

Jacinto PalominoOtero, NMAppointed June 2015 · President Barack Obama → AG Eric H. Holder Jr.

13.5%asylum · 385 decisions

Ralph E GirvinOtero, NMAppointed October 2020 · President Donald Trump → AG William P. Barr

7.1%asylum · 366 decisions

Samuel G WilliamsOtero, NMAppointed November 2024 · President Joe Biden → AG Merrick Garland

0.5%asylum · 219 decisions

Kathleen FrenchOtero, NMAppointed August 2018 · President Donald Trump → AG Jeff Sessions

2.7%asylum · 75 decisions

Steven MeredithOtero, NMAppointed October 2025 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

1.8%asylum · 55 decisions

Benjamin S KuipersOtero, NMAppointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → AG Pamela Bondi

—no asylum merits