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Judge Chen, Shana W.

Immigration Judge at Newark, NJ

4.6%
Approval Rate
229
Granted
4,870
Denied
5,099
Total Decided

Judge Chen, Shana W. serves at the Newark, NJ Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 4.6%, 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
Guatemala 1.8% 24 1,296 1,320
Honduras 3.6% 30 801 831
Peru 0.5% 2 417 419
El Salvador 6.2% 25 375 400
Ecuador 3.2% 12 364 376
Colombia 0.6% 2 352 354
Brazil 4.0% 12 285 297
Mexico 13.3% 37 242 279
Nicaragua 0.6% 1 159 160
Venezuela 7.5% 10 124 134
Dominican Republic 8.2% 8 89 97
Haiti 0.0% 0 90 90
Nigeria 47.3% 26 29 55
India 16.2% 6 31 37
Turkey 0.0% 0 35 35
Costa Rica 0.0% 0 23 23
Cuba 0.0% 0 21 21
Ghana 30.0% 6 14 20
Egypt 33.3% 6 12 18
Georgia 7.1% 1 13 14
Russia 16.7% 2 10 12
Jamaica 20.0% 2 8 10
China 12.5% 1 7 8
Romania 0.0% 0 7 7
Burkina Faso 14.3% 1 6 7
Chile 14.3% 1 6 7
Uzbekistan 83.3% 5 1 6
Indonesia 0.0% 0 4 4
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0 4 4
Philippines 25.0% 1 3 4
United Arab Emirates 100.0% 4 0 4
Turkmenistan 0.0% 0 4 4
Argentina 0.0% 0 4 4
Bangladesh 0.0% 0 3 3
Paraguay 0.0% 0 3 3
Poland 0.0% 0 3 3
South Africa 0.0% 0 3 3
Belize 0.0% 0 3 3
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 0.0% 0 2 2
Namibia 0.0% 0 2 2
Ukraine 0.0% 0 1 1
Israel 100.0% 1 0 1
Jordan 0.0% 0 1 1
Sierra Leone 0.0% 0 1 1
Trinidad And Tobago 0.0% 0 1 1
Democratic Republic Of Congo 0.0% 0 1 1
Guinea 0.0% 0 1 1
Nepal 100.0% 1 0 1
Mauritania 100.0% 1 0 1
Bolivia 0.0% 0 1 1
Pakistan 0.0% 0 1 1
Kenya 0.0% 0 1 1
Guyana 100.0% 1 0 1
Dominica 0.0% 0 1 1
Afghanistan 0.0% 0 1 1
Chad 0.0% 0 1 1
Liberia 0.0% 0 1 1
Panama 0.0% 0 1 1
Cameroon 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20260.0%0100100
20254.2%461,0381,084
20243.8%481,2181,266
20233.4%381,0821,120
20224.5%31657688
202111.2%45357402
20206.8%34464498

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