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Judge Paulissen, Walter L.

Immigration Judge at Port Isabel, TX

7.9%
Approval Rate
100
Granted
1,413
Denied
1,513
Total Decided

Judge Paulissen, Walter L. serves at the Port Isabel, TX Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 7.9%, 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 3.2% 18 539 557
Honduras 1.5% 5 319 324
Venezuela 13.1% 16 106 122
Guatemala 0.0% 0 113 113
Nicaragua 13.6% 12 76 88
El Salvador 5.9% 5 80 85
Cuba 28.4% 23 58 81
Colombia 6.2% 3 45 48
Cameroon 78.6% 11 3 14
Ecuador 7.7% 1 12 13
Peru 0.0% 0 9 9
Haiti 12.5% 1 7 8
Angola 0.0% 0 6 6
India 16.7% 1 5 6
Dominican Republic 0.0% 0 6 6
Democratic Republic Of Congo 0.0% 0 3 3
Sri Lanka 66.7% 2 1 3
Syria 0.0% 0 3 3
Yemen 0.0% 0 3 3
China 0.0% 0 2 2
Pakistan 0.0% 0 2 2
Georgia 0.0% 0 2 2
Romania 0.0% 0 2 2
Senegal 100.0% 2 0 2
Iran 0.0% 0 2 2
Lebanon 0.0% 0 2 2
Russia 0.0% 0 2 2
Bangladesh 0.0% 0 1 1
Eritrea 0.0% 0 1 1
Togo 0.0% 0 1 1
Afghanistan 0.0% 0 1 1
Egypt 0.0% 0 1 1

Yearly Trends

YearApproval RateGrantedDeniedDecided
20252.9%4132136
20244.1%27631658
20235.3%11196207
20228.8%10104114
202123.7%2890118
20209.6%30284314

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