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    <title>ZJF — asylum grant rate history</title>
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    <description>Fiscal-year asylum grant rate history for ZJF (Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court), from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.</description>
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      <title>FY2025: 25.6% grant rate (262 decisions)</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>ZJF (Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court) recorded 262 asylum merits decisions in FY2025: 67 granted, 195 denied (25.6% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.</description>
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      <title>FY2024: 30.9% grant rate (178 decisions)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>ZJF (Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court) recorded 178 asylum merits decisions in FY2024: 55 granted, 123 denied (30.9% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.</description>
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      <title>FY2023: 27.8% grant rate (18 decisions)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>ZJF (Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court) recorded 18 asylum merits decisions in FY2023: 5 granted, 13 denied (27.8% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.</description>
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      <title>FY2019: 0.0% grant rate (2 decisions)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>ZJF (Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court) recorded 2 asylum merits decisions in FY2019: 0 granted, 2 denied (0.0% grant rate). Source: DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data.</description>
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