Immigration Judge at Hyattsville, MD
Judge Kessler, Elizabeth A. serves at the Hyattsville, MD Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 25.8%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 24.2% | 138 | 433 | 571 |
| Honduras | 21.6% | 82 | 298 | 380 |
| Guatemala | 13.7% | 51 | 322 | 373 |
| Nicaragua | 38.5% | 52 | 83 | 135 |
| Mexico | 6.6% | 8 | 114 | 122 |
| Peru | 23.7% | 22 | 71 | 93 |
| Venezuela | 30.9% | 25 | 56 | 81 |
| Cameroon | 72.9% | 51 | 19 | 70 |
| Haiti | 17.6% | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| Romania | 6.9% | 2 | 27 | 29 |
| Ecuador | 3.6% | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Colombia | 25.9% | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Jamaica | 12.0% | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| Ethiopia | 75.0% | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Nigeria | 47.1% | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Senegal | 41.2% | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Brazil | 80.0% | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Turkey | 55.6% | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Bolivia | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Guinea | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 83.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Eritrea | 100.0% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Ghana | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| China | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Niger | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Philippines | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Russia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Argentina | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kenya | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belize | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.7% | 5 | 82 | 87 |
| 2025 | 19.4% | 117 | 485 | 602 |
| 2024 | 17.2% | 70 | 337 | 407 |
| 2023 | 25.9% | 104 | 297 | 401 |
| 2022 | 24.8% | 54 | 164 | 218 |
| 2021 | 39.5% | 88 | 135 | 223 |
| 2020 | 40.3% | 114 | 169 | 283 |