Immigration Judge at New York City, NY
Judge Sponzo, Jem C. serves at the New York City, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 24.1%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1.8% | 25 | 1,374 | 1,399 |
| Ecuador | 7.7% | 58 | 700 | 758 |
| China | 61.8% | 228 | 141 | 369 |
| Honduras | 6.8% | 22 | 301 | 323 |
| El Salvador | 13.5% | 29 | 186 | 215 |
| India | 50.7% | 109 | 106 | 215 |
| Bangladesh | 59.3% | 83 | 57 | 140 |
| Colombia | 2.3% | 3 | 126 | 129 |
| Venezuela | 4.7% | 6 | 123 | 129 |
| Mexico | 27.4% | 34 | 90 | 124 |
| Uzbekistan | 5.2% | 3 | 55 | 58 |
| Nepal | 59.3% | 32 | 22 | 54 |
| Dominican Republic | 4.0% | 2 | 48 | 50 |
| Russia | 30.6% | 15 | 34 | 49 |
| Nicaragua | 8.5% | 4 | 43 | 47 |
| Haiti | 9.5% | 4 | 38 | 42 |
| Peru | 7.1% | 3 | 39 | 42 |
| Georgia | 11.9% | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| Jamaica | 3.7% | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Pakistan | 47.8% | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Turkey | 9.1% | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Senegal | 4.8% | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Guinea | 20.0% | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Soviet Union | 55.6% | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Nigeria | 46.7% | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Mauritania | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Ukraine | 46.2% | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Ghana | 33.3% | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Romania | 8.3% | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Guyana | 12.5% | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | 62.5% | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 60.0% | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Poland | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Albania | 80.0% | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Angola | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mali | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Dominica | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Belarus | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Brazil | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chile | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chad | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gambia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8% | 2 | 255 | 257 |
| 2025 | 4.6% | 69 | 1,431 | 1,500 |
| 2024 | 11.7% | 103 | 774 | 877 |
| 2023 | 31.6% | 233 | 505 | 738 |
| 2022 | 26.5% | 210 | 581 | 791 |
| 2021 | 48.9% | 113 | 118 | 231 |
| 2020 | 33.3% | 75 | 150 | 225 |