Immigration Court Grant Rates, Backlog & Trends
154,698 asylum merits decisions; 7.4% granted (2025-09 to 2026-08). Statistics describe past decisions, not individual outcomes.
Source: EOIR FOIA case data · data through Aug 2026 · Not legal advice.
How we estimate
Grant rate = asylum grants / (grants + denials) for applications decided in the period (one claim per proceeding, ASYL preferred over ASYW; decision month = proceeding completion date). grant_rate_all_completions also counts withdrawn, abandoned and other closures in the denominator (closer to EOIR's published rate).