Immigration Judge at Houston, TX
Judge Brown, Sam, IV serves at the Houston, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 2.6%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 0.5% | 6 | 1,145 | 1,151 |
| Mexico | 7.7% | 42 | 503 | 545 |
| El Salvador | 2.0% | 10 | 490 | 500 |
| Guatemala | 0.0% | 0 | 470 | 470 |
| Venezuela | 3.9% | 9 | 219 | 228 |
| Nicaragua | 0.7% | 1 | 151 | 152 |
| Colombia | 0.7% | 1 | 134 | 135 |
| Cuba | 0.8% | 1 | 126 | 127 |
| Nigeria | 21.6% | 8 | 29 | 37 |
| Ecuador | 0.0% | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Peru | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| China | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Pakistan | 33.3% | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Unknown Nationality | 0.0% | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Romania | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| India | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Turkey | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Congo | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Belize | 16.7% | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Sudan | 0.0% | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Iraq | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Uganda | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Senegal | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Angola | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Haiti | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nepal | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5% | 2 | 132 | 134 |
| 2025 | 2.9% | 27 | 912 | 939 |
| 2024 | 1.6% | 15 | 928 | 943 |
| 2023 | 2.5% | 16 | 635 | 651 |
| 2022 | 8.7% | 30 | 316 | 346 |
| 2021 | 11.6% | 8 | 61 | 69 |
| 2020 | 2.2% | 11 | 485 | 496 |