The busiest asylum courts

Name: The busiest asylum courts
Creator: Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Courts by the number of asylum decisions made on the merits since 2021, with each court's own grant rate beside it.

#	Court	Judges	Merits decisions	Granted	Grant rate
1	New York — Federal Plaza, NY	53	34,241	19,618	57.3%
2	New York — Broadway, NY	34	25,644	8,518	33.2%
3	San Francisco, CA	36	21,825	14,870	68.1%
4	Santa Ana, CA	31	17,325	3,307	19.1%
5	Sterling, VA	30	14,938	3,896	26.1%
6	New York — Varick Street, NY	22	13,873	5,155	37.2%
7	Chicago, IL	38	13,556	6,177	45.6%
8	Hyattsville, MD	25	13,514	5,700	42.2%
9	Boston, MA	34	13,377	6,096	45.6%
10	Houston — Greenspoint Park, TX	27	12,724	858	6.7%
11	Los Angeles — West, CA	36	12,491	4,071	32.6%
12	Annandale (WAS), VA	42	11,886	3,883	32.7%
13	Seattle, WA	9	11,735	2,721	23.2%
14	Miami, FL	34	11,276	2,272	20.1%
15	Dallas, TX	35	11,256	1,602	14.2%
16	Newark, NJ	17	11,236	2,234	19.9%
17	Orlando, FL	33	10,281	2,299	22.4%
18	Houston, TX	20	9,546	991	10.4%
19	Charlotte, NC	19	8,939	1,127	12.6%
20	Los Angeles — N. Los Angeles Street, CA	13	8,286	2,414	29.1%
21	Van Nuys, CA	13	7,872	2,533	32.2%
22	Baltimore, MD	29	7,763	2,506	32.3%
23	Philadelphia, PA	17	7,432	2,852	38.4%
24	Atlanta — W. Peachtree Street, GA	26	7,108	767	10.8%
25	Concord, CA	17	6,600	3,764	57.0%
26	Cleveland, OH	20	6,379	1,229	19.3%
27	San Antonio, TX	15	6,356	1,954	30.7%
28	Sacramento, CA	9	6,180	4,080	66.0%
29	Houston — S. Gessner Road, TX	13	5,944	409	6.9%
30	Fort Snelling, MN	12	5,931	991	16.7%
31	Denver, CO	12	5,738	2,072	36.1%
32	Memphis, TN	20	5,466	1,529	28.0%
33	West Valley, UT	5	4,954	2,981	60.2%
34	Phoenix, AZ	12	4,907	668	13.6%
35	New Orleans, LA	10	4,762	1,349	28.3%
36	Conroe, TX	21	4,070	491	12.1%
37	Hartford, CT	10	3,561	1,153	32.4%
38	Detroit, MI	10	3,545	1,031	29.1%
39	Las Vegas, NV	5	3,462	2,026	58.5%
40	El Paso, TX	21	3,345	625	18.7%
41	Omaha, NE	9	3,322	132	4.0%
42	Annandale (ANN), VA	11	3,278	866	26.4%
43	San Diego, CA	16	3,213	1,201	37.4%
44	Portland, OR	9	3,141	835	26.6%
45	Chelmsford (CHE), MA	14	3,140	1,142	36.4%
46	Jena, LA	22	2,812	366	13.0%
47	Buffalo, NY	6	2,756	910	33.0%
48	Eloy, AZ	9	2,746	484	17.6%
49	Otay Mesa, CA	10	2,694	835	31.0%
50	Oakdale, LA	21	2,486	283	11.4%

Decisions from 2021 through 06/01/2026. Showing 50 of 77 that qualified. Past patterns, not predictions — every case turns on its own facts and law.