Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ
Judge Cheng, David serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 15.7%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).
| Nationality | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 15.0% | 77 | 435 | 512 |
| Guatemala | 5.2% | 24 | 435 | 459 |
| Mexico | 57.6% | 182 | 134 | 316 |
| Honduras | 5.1% | 14 | 262 | 276 |
| Colombia | 14.7% | 24 | 139 | 163 |
| Brazil | 7.8% | 12 | 141 | 153 |
| El Salvador | 15.7% | 21 | 113 | 134 |
| Peru | 23.5% | 31 | 101 | 132 |
| Dominican Republic | 13.5% | 15 | 96 | 111 |
| Turkey | 4.8% | 4 | 80 | 84 |
| Venezuela | 0.0% | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Nigeria | 41.5% | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| Nicaragua | 9.4% | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| India | 16.7% | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 13.3% | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| Haiti | 15.0% | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| Ghana | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Egypt | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Georgia | 45.5% | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Cuba | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Jamaica | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| China | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Poland | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Paraguay | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| South Korea | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Philippines | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Liberia | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Morocco | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.0% | 25 | 1,230 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 43.7% | 114 | 147 | 261 |
| 2023 | 39.1% | 135 | 210 | 345 |
| 2022 | 35.5% | 103 | 187 | 290 |
| 2021 | 27.2% | 72 | 193 | 265 |
| 2020 | 13.3% | 46 | 299 | 345 |