Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Brazil: US Asylum Outcomes
32.1% asylum grant rate across 14,714 merits decisions for Brazil nationals - below the 48.2% national average.
Data updated 2026-06-21
- 32.1%
- Asylum grant rate
- 67.9%
- Asylum denial rate
- 14,714
- Asylum decisions
The verdict
Brazil nationals won asylum in 32.1% of their 14,714 merits decisions - below the 48.2% national rate.
- 32.1%
- Asylum grant rate
- 67.9%
- Asylum denial rate
- 14,714
- Merits decisions, FY2015–2025
Case Insights: Brazil Nationals in US Immigration Court
Brazil nationals had 14,714 asylum cases decided on the merits in the DOJ EOIR data between FY2015 and FY2025, representing a moderate caseload within the national system. Of those merits decisions, 4,721 were granted (32.1%) and 9,993 were denied (67.9%). Asylum applications that were administratively closed, withdrawn, or otherwise not decided on the merits are excluded from this rate, so the grant and denial percentages here sum to 100% of merits decisions.
The gap between the grant rate and the denial rate is -35.8 percentage points, which places Brazil in line with mid-range outcomes seen across many nationalities.
Why these figures describe patterns, not predictions
Because immigration outcomes are heavily case-, judge-, and court-specific, the nationwide figures shown here are useful for orientation and research rather than prediction. EOIR and TRAC Immigration both emphasize that country-level grant rates are descriptive summaries of past decisions, not forecasts for any individual proceeding. The court-by-court breakdown below and the sibling guides on this site explain how representation, relief type, and country-conditions evidence influence the final outcome in any single case.
Brazil vs. other top nationalities
Asylum grant rates for the highest-volume nationalities in US immigration court, ranked. Brazil is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.2% national average.
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Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Immigration court outcomes by court and case type · 2025
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