Courts with Lowest Grant Rates
Ranked by historical grant rate, lowest first (minimum 500 cases), a court-level statistical average, not a prediction for any individual case. Statistical data from DOJ EOIR.
Not legal advice: outcomes depend on facts specific to each case, including case type, evidence, and representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney or accredited representative for guidance on your situation.
According to EOIR, this ranking is drawn from the same FOIA release covering millions of cases decided since 2001 across roughly 70 immigration courts. See our methodology for detail.
#1
Port Isabel Immigration Court (Detained)
Los Fresnos, TX · 753 cases
12.1%
grant rate
#2
Atlanta - Ted Turner Drive Immigration Court
Atlanta, GA · 1,137 cases
14.3%
grant rate
#3
Stewart Immigration Court
Lumpkin, GA · 4,154 cases
14.6%
grant rate
#4
El Paso Service Processing Center Immigration Court
El Paso, TX · 2,180 cases
16.4%
grant rate
#5
Port Isabel Immigration Court
Los Fresnos, TX · 3,874 cases
16.7%
grant rate
#6
LaSalle Immigration Court (Jena)
Jena, LA · 6,053 cases
18.9%
grant rate
#7
Batavia Immigration Court
Batavia, NY · 1,053 cases
19.0%
grant rate
#8
Miami - Krome Immigration Court
Miami, FL · 5,088 cases
19.8%
grant rate
#9
Conroe Immigration Court
Conroe, TX · 5,821 cases
19.9%
grant rate
#10
Adelanto Immigration Court
Adelanto, CA · 4,980 cases
20.6%
grant rate
#11
Florence Immigration Court
Florence, AZ · 1,727 cases
21.7%
grant rate
#12
Oakdale Immigration Court
Oakdale, LA · 5,617 cases
23.5%
grant rate
#13
Pearsall Immigration Court
Pearsall, TX · 4,479 cases
23.6%
grant rate
#14
Elizabeth Immigration Court
Elizabeth, NJ · 5,432 cases
24.0%
grant rate
#15
Omaha Immigration Court
Omaha, NE · 4,960 cases
25.8%
grant rate
#16
Indianapolis Immigration Court
Indianapolis, IN · 1,709 cases
25.9%
grant rate
#17
Laredo Immigration Court
Laredo, TX · 3,432 cases
26.0%
grant rate
#18
Tacoma Immigration Court
Tacoma, WA · 3,934 cases
27.5%
grant rate
#19
Otero Immigration Court
Chaparral, NM · 3,225 cases
28.2%
grant rate
#20
Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court
Houston, TX · 28,878 cases
29.0%
grant rate
#21
Aurora Immigration Court
Aurora, CO · 2,819 cases
29.4%
grant rate
#22
Tucson Immigration Court
Tucson, AZ · 3,082 cases
29.9%
grant rate
#23
Eloy Immigration Court
Eloy, AZ · 3,693 cases
31.2%
grant rate
#24
Otay Mesa Immigration Court
San Diego, CA · 2,455 cases
32.3%
grant rate
#25
Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street Immigration Court
Los Angeles, CA · 13,260 cases
33.4%
grant rate
#26
Houston - Greenspoint Park Immigration Court
Houston, TX · 12,762 cases
33.5%
grant rate
#27
Charlotte Immigration Court
Charlotte, NC · 11,503 cases
34.6%
grant rate
#28
Houston - S. Gessner Road Immigration Court
Houston, TX · 7,394 cases
35.4%
grant rate
#29
Miami Immigration Court
Miami, FL · 32,971 cases
35.7%
grant rate
#30
Kansas City Immigration Court
Kansas City, MO · 4,834 cases
36.1%
grant rate
#31
Annandale Immigration Court (Annex)
Annandale, VA · 5,684 cases
36.9%
grant rate
#32
Fort Snelling Immigration Court
Fort Snelling, MN · 8,212 cases
37.3%
grant rate
#33
Hartford Immigration Court
Hartford, CT · 5,342 cases
37.6%
grant rate
#34
Phoenix Immigration Court
Phoenix, AZ · 6,702 cases
37.6%
grant rate
#35
San Diego Immigration Court
San Diego, CA · 7,539 cases
37.7%
grant rate
#36
Seattle Immigration Court
Seattle, WA · 16,153 cases
37.8%
grant rate
#37
Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street Immigration Court
Atlanta, GA · 11,469 cases
38.4%
grant rate
#38
Chelmsford Immigration Court
Chelmsford, MA · 2,160 cases
40.3%
grant rate
#39
Memphis Immigration Court
Memphis, TN · 10,985 cases
40.3%
grant rate
#40
New Orleans Immigration Court
New Orleans, LA · 8,017 cases
41.0%
grant rate
#41
Detroit Immigration Court
Detroit, MI · 5,633 cases
42.0%
grant rate
#42
Portland Immigration Court
Portland, OR · 1,140 cases
42.8%
grant rate
#43
Portland Immigration Court (Detained)
Portland, OR · 4,820 cases
44.0%
grant rate
#44
Las Vegas Immigration Court
Las Vegas, NV · 6,213 cases
46.0%
grant rate
#45
Dallas Immigration Court
Dallas, TX · 11,619 cases
46.4%
grant rate
#46
Santa Ana Immigration Court
Santa Ana, CA · 14,354 cases
47.1%
grant rate
#47
Los Angeles - West Immigration Court
Los Angeles, CA · 29,893 cases
47.3%
grant rate
#48
Orlando Immigration Court
Orlando, FL · 14,650 cases
47.5%
grant rate
#49
Buffalo Immigration Court
Buffalo, NY · 3,566 cases
48.7%
grant rate
#50
Sterling Immigration Court
Sterling, VA · 9,388 cases
48.8%
grant rate
#51
El Paso Immigration Court
El Paso, TX · 4,492 cases
49.0%
grant rate
#52
New York - Varick Street Immigration Court
New York, NY · 17,548 cases
49.0%
grant rate
#53
Harlingen Immigration Court
Harlingen, TX · 4,552 cases
49.4%
grant rate
#54
Cleveland Immigration Court
Cleveland, OH · 8,727 cases
49.6%
grant rate
#55
Newark Immigration Court
Newark, NJ · 16,890 cases
49.9%
grant rate
#56
Imperial Immigration Court
Imperial, CA · 2,880 cases
50.1%
grant rate
#57
Annandale Immigration Court
Annandale, VA · 18,443 cases
51.6%
grant rate
#58
Baltimore Immigration Court
Baltimore, MD · 15,876 cases
53.0%
grant rate
#59
New York - Broadway Immigration Court
New York, NY · 26,128 cases
53.2%
grant rate
#60
Boston Immigration Court
Boston, MA · 17,743 cases
53.8%
grant rate
#61
Chelmsford Immigration Court (Detained)
Chelmsford, MA · 877 cases
54.5%
grant rate
#62
Denver Immigration Court
Denver, CO · 10,453 cases
54.6%
grant rate
#63
San Antonio Immigration Court
San Antonio, TX · 10,024 cases
54.7%
grant rate
#64
Hyattsville Immigration Court
Hyattsville, MD · 10,598 cases
54.8%
grant rate
#65
Philadelphia Immigration Court
Philadelphia, PA · 10,681 cases
55.4%
grant rate
#66
Salt Lake City Immigration Court
West Valley City, UT · 7,627 cases
55.9%
grant rate
#67
Chicago Immigration Court
Chicago, IL · 20,057 cases
61.5%
grant rate
#68
Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard Immigration Court
Van Nuys, CA · 6,818 cases
62.9%
grant rate
#69
Honolulu Immigration Court
Honolulu, HI · 2,075 cases
63.8%
grant rate
#70
Concord Immigration Court
Concord, CA · 4,827 cases
68.6%
grant rate
#71
San Francisco Immigration Court
San Francisco, CA · 47,971 cases
72.2%
grant rate
#72
Sacramento Immigration Court
Sacramento, CA · 6,021 cases
74.8%
grant rate
#73
New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court
New York, NY · 77,066 cases
74.9%
grant rate
Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on DOJ EOIR immigration court case data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.