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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Andrea Siebert earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1996 from Macalester College and a Juris Doctor in 2008 from the CUNY School of Law. From 2012 to 2021, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in Los Angeles, and previously held the same role in San Antonio (2010-2012). Earlier, she was an attorney advisor at the Imperial Immigration Court and a judicial law clerk at the Miami Krome Immigration Court. She is a member of the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
889
Completions per year
5,333 total
2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
24.5 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
13.6%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
5.4%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
25%
Appeals remanded or reversed
32 appeals decided
Bond decisions
Custody redetermination (bond) rulings since 2021.
"Granted" means the judge lowered the bond, ordered release on recognizance, or otherwise granted the request.
0%⚠
Bond requests granted
1 bond decision Too few cases
—
Median bond when set
—
Released on own recognizance
This judge 0%
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
44%
630 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
1.8%
670 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
70.6%⚠
17 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
7 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
93.9%⚠
33 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
100%⚠
38 decisions Too few cases
44%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 630 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
44%
This court
32.6%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 26% of the 825 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 · 619 decisions since 2021
44.7%
Without a lawyer⚠unrepresented · 11 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 (31.8%). Headline rates above use 2021 – today.
* 2026 is a partial year (data through 06/01/2026) 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).