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Judge Pleters, Michael S.

Immigration Judge at El Paso Detained, TX

6.2%
Approval Rate
146
Granted
2,012
Denied
2,158
Total Decided

Judge Pleters, Michael S. serves at the El Paso Detained, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 6.2%, this judge is below average compared to the national average. Data sourced from EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review).

Approval Rate by Nationality

NationalityApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
Mexico 3.9% 37 922 959
Venezuela 15.1% 39 219 258
Honduras 4.5% 11 233 244
Guatemala 3.6% 8 214 222
Colombia 0.0% 0 92 92
El Salvador 5.1% 4 74 78
Cuba 8.1% 6 68 74
Ecuador 4.3% 2 44 46
Nicaragua 32.6% 14 29 43
Dominican Republic 17.6% 3 14 17
Brazil 6.2% 1 15 16
Russia 35.7% 5 9 14
China 8.3% 1 11 12
Haiti 16.7% 2 10 12
Jamaica 22.2% 2 7 9
India 0.0% 0 6 6
Peru 0.0% 0 6 6
Turkey 20.0% 1 4 5
Egypt 20.0% 1 4 5
Bolivia 0.0% 0 4 4
Iran 75.0% 3 1 4
Nigeria 0.0% 0 3 3
Argentina 0.0% 0 3 3
Mauritania 66.7% 2 1 3
Panama 0.0% 0 3 3
Afghanistan 66.7% 2 1 3
Nepal 0.0% 0 2 2
Georgia 50.0% 1 1 2
Jordan 50.0% 1 1 2
Vietnam 0.0% 0 2 2
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 0.0% 0 2 2
Bangladesh 0.0% 0 1 1
Morocco 0.0% 0 1 1
Romania 0.0% 0 1 1
Liberia 0.0% 0 1 1
Poland 0.0% 0 1 1
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0 1 1
Belize 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20265.2%47377
20254.4%38823861
202411.6%54412466
20238.9%24246270
20227.4%14174188
20215.1%59499
20206.2%16241257

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