Texas

13 immigration courts
Among the 220 sitting judges at the courts covering Texas: 39% were appointed under Democratic administrations and 61% under Republican administrations (11 unclassified). Reflects who appointed them, not how they rule.

Court-by-court breakdown

Sitting judges at each court in Texas, by appointing administration.
Dallas35 active judges · asylum grant rate 14.2%
36% D / 64% R
Houston — Greenspoint Park27 active judges · asylum grant rate 6.7%
62% D / 38% R
Pearsall detained24 active judges · asylum grant rate 11.1%
17% D / 83% R
Conroe detained23 active judges · asylum grant rate 12.1%
18% D / 82% R
El Paso21 active judges · asylum grant rate 18.7%
26% D / 74% R
Houston21 active judges · asylum grant rate 10.4%
58% D / 42% R
San Antonio16 active judges · asylum grant rate 30.7%
47% D / 53% R
Houston — S. Gessner Road13 active judges · asylum grant rate 6.9%
38% D / 62% R
Harlingen12 active judges · asylum grant rate 18.9%
33% D / 67% R
Laredo detained11 active judges · asylum grant rate 21.5%
70% D / 30% R
El Paso — Service Processing Center detained9 active judges · asylum grant rate 15.7%
44% D / 56% R
Los Fresnos (PIS) detained5 active judges · asylum grant rate 8.2%
40% D / 60% R
Los Fresnos (PEP) detained3 active judges · asylum grant rate 12.3%
33% D / 67% R
Immigration courts in Texas
Conroe, TX
21 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 12.1%
Dallas, TX
35 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 14.2%
El Paso, TX
21 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 18.7%
El Paso — Service Processing Center, TX
9 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 15.7%
Harlingen, TX
12 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 18.9%
Houston, TX
20 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 10.4%
Houston — Greenspoint Park, TX
27 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 6.7%
Houston — S. Gessner Road, TX
13 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 6.9%
Laredo, TX
11 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 21.5%
Los Fresnos (PEP), TX
3 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 12.3%
Los Fresnos has two EOIR court codes, PIS and PEP, for one court at 27991 Buena Vista Boulevard — the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, an ICE detention facility, where the court hears detained cases. EOIR now lists it as the Port Isabel Immigration Court, code PEP; PIS is the retired code for the same court.
Los Fresnos (PIS), TX
5 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 8.2%
Los Fresnos has two EOIR court codes, PIS and PEP, for one court at 27991 Buena Vista Boulevard — the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, an ICE detention facility, where the court hears detained cases. EOIR now lists it as the Port Isabel Immigration Court, code PEP; PIS is the retired code for the same court.
Pearsall, TX
24 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 11.1%
San Antonio, TX
15 judges with recent cases
Court asylum grant rate: 30.7%