ESS — asylum grant rate history https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi Fiscal-year asylum grant rate history for ESS (Chicago Immigration Court), from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. en-us FY2025: 43.7% grant rate (87 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2025 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2025 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 87 asylum merits decisions in FY2025: 38 granted, 49 denied (43.7% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2024: 78.6% grant rate (117 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2024 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2024 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 117 asylum merits decisions in FY2024: 92 granted, 25 denied (78.6% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2023: 75.1% grant rate (197 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2023 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2023 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 197 asylum merits decisions in FY2023: 148 granted, 49 denied (75.1% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2022: 78.1% grant rate (128 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2022 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2022 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 128 asylum merits decisions in FY2022: 100 granted, 28 denied (78.1% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2021: 60.8% grant rate (79 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2021 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2021 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 79 asylum merits decisions in FY2021: 48 granted, 31 denied (60.8% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2020: 53.1% grant rate (96 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2020 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2020 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 96 asylum merits decisions in FY2020: 51 granted, 45 denied (53.1% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2019: 78.3% grant rate (161 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2019 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2019 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 161 asylum merits decisions in FY2019: 126 granted, 35 denied (78.3% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2018: 65.6% grant rate (93 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2018 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2018 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 93 asylum merits decisions in FY2018: 61 granted, 32 denied (65.6% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2017: 20.6% grant rate (34 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2017 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2017 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 34 asylum merits decisions in FY2017: 7 granted, 27 denied (20.6% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data. FY2015: 50.0% grant rate (2 decisions) https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi#fy2015 https://plainimmigration.com/judge/ess-chi/feed.xml#fy2015 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT ESS (Chicago Immigration Court) recorded 2 asylum merits decisions in FY2015: 1 granted, 1 denied (50.0% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.