The Honorable Immigration Judge Andrea A Saenz
Annandale (WAS), VA Immigration Court
Appointed October 2021 · President Joe Biden → Attorney General Merrick Garland
4 years on the immigration bench
Appointed under a Democratic administration
Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Andrea A Saenz earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from Harvard Law School. From 2016 to 2021 she was Attorney-in-Charge of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project at Brooklyn Defender Services. Earlier she was a clinical teaching fellow at the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (2013-2016), a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2012-2013), and a judicial law clerk at the New York-Varick Immigration Court (2010-2012). She was appointed as an Appellate Immigration Judge in October 2021.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
11
Completions per year
11 total
0%
Detained at decision
share of cases
78.4 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
0%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
27.3%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
—
Appeals remanded or reversed
only 1 appeals — too few
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
| Asylum | |
66.7%⚠ |
6 decisions Too few cases |
| Withholding / CAT | |
0%⚠ |
4 decisions Too few cases |
| Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR) | |
0%⚠ |
1 decision Too few cases |
66.7%⚠
of asylum claims granted on the merits
Based on 6 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021. Fewer than 50 — treat this figure with caution.
Does a lawyer matter here?
Asylum grant rate by whether the person had legal representation.
With a lawyer⚠represented · 6 decisions since 2021
Without a lawyerunrepresented
no data
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).