The Honorable Immigration Judge Alexander Benjamin Rubin

Buffalo, NY Immigration Court

Appointed July 2026 · President Donald Trump → Attorney General Pamela Bondi (AG inferred from date)

Less than a year on the immigration bench

Appointed under a Republican administration

Background

The Honorable Immigration Judge Alexander Benjamin Rubin was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in July 2026. Judge Rubin earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Brooklyn College and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Brooklyn Law School. From December 2014 to July 2026, he was an attorney at the Law Office of Alexander Benjamin Rubin, in Brooklyn, New York. From May 2019 to July 2026, he served as a judicial hearing officer with the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, in New York, New York. Judge Rubin is a member of the New York State Bar.

Newly appointed. This judge was sworn in in July 2026, after the end of the case records this tool is built from, so no decisions of theirs appear in the data yet and there are no statistics on this page. The court, appointment date and biography below come from EOIR’s announcement of 29 July 2026. Statistics will appear here once EOIR releases case data covering their docket.