EOIR / Immigration Judge
Immigration Judge Zimmer, William K. - Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court - Asylum Decision Statistics
EOIR's FOIA data release does not report a trailing 12-month asylum grant rate for Immigration Judge Zimmer, William K. at the Houston - Smith Street Immigration Court. Across the 1247 decisions on record from January 1998 to February 2012, the asylum grant rate was 36.8%.
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Latest 12-month grant rate
Asylum decisions, trailing 12 months
Lifetime total cases
All recorded asylum decisions
FY2025 court average
Complete fiscal year: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Court average before the 2025 change
FY2024 baseline: Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
FY2024 was the last full fiscal year before the January 2025 asylum-policy changes, so it is kept fixed as a before-and-after baseline rather than updated. More cases now close administratively, which shifts the merit-decision mix and is why the later figures are much lower.
Last data refresh
From Deportation Data Project FOIA release
Monthly grant-rate trend
| Month | Grant rate |
|---|---|
| 2007-03 | 18.8% |
| 2007-04 | 48.0% |
| 2007-05 | 31.3% |
| 2007-06 | 42.9% |
| 2007-07 | 35.3% |
| 2007-08 | 37.5% |
| 2007-09 | 28.6% |
| 2007-10 | 35.7% |
| 2007-11 | 62.5% |
| 2007-12 | 66.7% |
| 2008-01 | 40.0% |
| 2008-02 | 57.1% |
| 2008-03 | 30.8% |
| 2008-04 | 77.8% |
| 2008-05 | 33.3% |
| 2008-06 | 40.0% |
| 2008-07 | 80.0% |
| 2008-08 | 50.0% |
| 2008-09 | 0.0% |
| 2008-10 | 66.7% |
| 2008-11 | 14.3% |
| 2008-12 | 50.0% |
| 2009-01 | 27.3% |
| 2009-02 | 40.0% |
| 2009-03 | 41.7% |
| 2009-04 | 25.0% |
| 2009-05 | 55.6% |
| 2009-06 | 50.0% |
| 2009-07 | 45.5% |
| 2009-08 | 0.0% |
| 2009-09 | 50.0% |
| 2009-10 | 0.0% |
| 2009-11 | 77.8% |
| 2009-12 | 25.0% |
| 2010-01 | 50.0% |
| 2010-02 | 40.0% |
| 2010-03 | 46.2% |
| 2010-04 | 0.0% |
| 2010-05 | 72.7% |
| 2010-06 | 28.6% |
| 2010-07 | 0.0% |
| 2010-08 | 100.0% |
| 2010-09 | 100.0% |
| 2010-10 | 25.0% |
| 2010-11 | 100.0% |
| 2010-12 | 25.0% |
| 2011-01 | 66.7% |
| 2011-02 | 100.0% |
| 2011-05 | 50.0% |
| 2011-06 | 16.7% |
| 2011-07 | 100.0% |
| 2011-08 | 26.7% |
| 2011-09 | 60.0% |
| 2011-10 | 83.3% |
| 2011-11 | 60.0% |
| 2011-12 | 14.3% |
| 2012-01 | 100.0% |
| 2012-02 | 50.0% |
These statistics describe past asylum decisions, not a prediction of any individual case. Your options depend on the specific facts of your case.