( J' s, w; X q/ M6 F8 yDeciding Asylum Cases
( [2 G7 W: S1 `. U2 @) UDetailed data on decisions by Judge Tsankov were examined for the period covering fiscal years 2017 through 2022. During this period, court records show that Judge Tsankov decided 140 asylum claims on their merits. Of these, she granted asylum for 26, granted 6 other types of relief, and denied relief to 108. Converted to percentage terms, Tsankov denied 77.1 percent and granted 22.9 percent of asylum cases (including forms of relief other than asylum).) s- C- F2 d- n! G$ n
Figure 1 provides a comparison of Judge Tsankov's denial rate each fiscal year over this recent period. (Rates for years with less than 25 decisions are not shown.)
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