Immigration Judge at Buffalo, NY
Judge Ruehle, Walter H. serves at the Buffalo, NY Immigration Court. With an asylum approval rate of 19.8%, 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 | 10.7% | 36 | 300 | 336 |
| Ecuador | 6.7% | 17 | 236 | 253 |
| Mexico | 21.3% | 49 | 181 | 230 |
| Brazil | 2.5% | 5 | 195 | 200 |
| Venezuela | 18.4% | 36 | 160 | 196 |
| Colombia | 5.2% | 10 | 181 | 191 |
| Turkey | 7.9% | 13 | 152 | 165 |
| Nicaragua | 2.8% | 4 | 138 | 142 |
| Honduras | 20.6% | 20 | 77 | 97 |
| Cuba | 20.5% | 16 | 62 | 78 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 18.8% | 13 | 56 | 69 |
| Peru | 1.4% | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| Russia | 61.2% | 41 | 26 | 67 |
| Angola | 24.2% | 16 | 50 | 66 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.1% | 4 | 62 | 66 |
| El Salvador | 20.0% | 12 | 48 | 60 |
| Bangladesh | 33.3% | 20 | 40 | 60 |
| Haiti | 5.5% | 3 | 52 | 55 |
| India | 20.0% | 10 | 40 | 50 |
| Afghanistan | 70.8% | 34 | 14 | 48 |
| Dominican Republic | 7.1% | 3 | 39 | 42 |
| Canada | 61.0% | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Jamaica | 41.2% | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Nigeria | 66.7% | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Ukraine | 88.9% | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| China | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Guyana | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Pakistan | 31.2% | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Ghana | 53.3% | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Mauritania | 6.7% | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Guinea | 64.3% | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Sierra Leone | 75.0% | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 63.6% | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Somalia | 54.5% | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Congo | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Romania | 10.0% | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Iraq | 88.9% | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Senegal | 14.3% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Belarus | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Uzbekistan | 33.3% | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Armenia | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sudan | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 75.0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Africa | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Chile | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Vietnam | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nepal | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Georgia | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mali | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yemen | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Egypt | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Albania | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Liberia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Comoro Islands | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gambia | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Approval Rate | Granted | Denied | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.3% | 90 | 402 | 492 |
| 2024 | 20.4% | 121 | 472 | 593 |
| 2023 | 11.3% | 94 | 738 | 832 |
| 2022 | 24.7% | 110 | 335 | 445 |
| 2021 | 34.2% | 104 | 200 | 304 |
| 2020 | 25.3% | 88 | 260 | 348 |