EOIR / Immigration Court
Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court — Asylum Decision Statistics
Aggregated asylum decision statistics across all immigration judges currently sitting at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court, based on FOIA-released EOIR data.
Court lifetime grant rate
12.5%
All recorded asylum decisions across judges
Lifetime total cases
37,726
All recorded asylum decisions
Last data refresh
2026-05-21
From Deportation Data Project FOIA release
Lifetime aggregates use the same methodology as the per-judge trailing-12-month rates in the roster below — only the time window differs, which is why the two views can show different percentages.
Monthly grant-rate trend
Judges at this court
Frequently asked questions
What is the asylum grant rate at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court?
Across all recorded asylum decisions, the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court has a lifetime grant rate of 12.5%, based on 37,726 merit decisions released by the EOIR under FOIA. This figure is weighted across every immigration judge who has sat at this court and uses the standard methodology of cases granted divided by cases granted plus cases ordered removed.
How many immigration judges sit at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court?
98 immigration judges currently appear in the FOIA-released EOIR data for the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court. Each judge's per-case statistics are listed in the judge roster on this page; lifetime grant rates per judge can diverge from the court-wide aggregate because of caseload mix and decision volume.
Where does this data come from?
Case-level outcomes were released by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act and republished by the Deportation Data Project (UC Berkeley). Aggregates are corroborated by TRAC Immigration (Syracuse University). See the methodology footer for source links.
Is the grant rate predictive of an individual case outcome?
No. The grant rate is a statistical aggregate over completed decisions; it is not a prediction. Individual case outcomes depend on case-specific merits, evidence, country conditions, and the quality of counsel. This page is informational and does not constitute legal advice.