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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Alysha M Welsh earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Boston University and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Suffolk University Law School. In 2022 she was the legal director at the University of Maryland's Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors in College Park, Maryland. From 2018 to 2022 she was the managing attorney at Human Rights First in Washington, D.C.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
577
Completions per year
3,463 total
0.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
43.7 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
19.5%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
8.7%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
0%
Appeals remanded or reversed
21 appeals decided
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
22.1%
462 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
4.3%
673 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
0%⚠
11 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
25%⚠
4 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
85.7%⚠
7 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
84.6%
78 decisions Moderate
22.1%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 462 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
22.1%
This court
33.7%
National average
29.9%
0%100% granted
In the top 50% of the 889 judges nationally with enough cases to compare.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyerrepresented · 439 decisions since 2021
23.2%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 23 decisions since 2021
0%
Asylum grant rate over time
Each point is that calendar year's grant rate, back to 2015 where the judge was deciding cases — the longer career view. Dashed grey line = current national average (29.9%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 08/01/2026) and is incomplete.
Courts where this judge has decided cases
Hearing locations for cases this judge completed since 2021, by number of decisions.
Many judges hear cases from more than one court (detained facilities, video dockets, or reassignments).