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Background
The Honorable Immigration Judge Samia Naseem earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from Simmons College and a Juris Doctor in 2004 from The George Washington University Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Judith N. Macaluso in Washington, D.C., from 2004 to 2005 and worked at the Law Offices of Khalid Naseem in Boylston, Massachusetts, from 2005 to 2007. She served as a trial attorney with the Office of Immigration Litigation at the Department of Justice from 2007 to 2010 and as an assistant chief counsel with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York City and Chicago from 2010 to 2019. She is a member of the New York State Bar.
Caseload & process (since 2021)
1,271
Completions per year
7,624 total
11.2%
Detained at decision
share of cases
21.6 mo
Median time to decision
from case start
26.4%
Ordered removed in absentia
person absent
3.4%
Decisions appealed to BIA
appeal rate
28.6%
Appeals remanded or reversed
42 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.
66.9%
Bond requests granted
145 bond decisions Moderate
$3,250
Median bond when set
86 bonds with amounts
0%
Released on own recognizance
This judge 66.9%
Court average 56.1% · median $3,500
National 41.9% · median $6,500
Grant rates by type of relief
Share granted among merits decisions for each application type, since 2021.
Asylum
59.3%
779 decisions High confidence
Withholding / CAT
7%
557 decisions High confidence
Cancellation — 42B (non-LPR)
30%⚠
30 decisions Too few cases
Cancellation — 42A (LPR)
100%⚠
8 decisions Too few cases
Adjustment of status (245)
89.7%⚠
29 decisions Too few cases
Voluntary departure
90.3%
196 decisions Moderate
59.3%
of asylum claims granted on the merits High confidence
Based on 779 asylum decisions (grants + denials) since 2021.
This judge
59.3%
This court
45.7%
National average
31.8%
0%100% granted
In the top 13% 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 · 723 decisions since 2021
62.2%
Without a lawyerunrepresented · 56 decisions since 2021
21.4%
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).