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The Tennessee Star
July 16, 2025

National Association of Immigration Judges Leader Grants Asylum at Twice the National Average Rate
By Tom Pappert


Data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), part of Syracuse University, reveals that Harbeck denied asylum in just 27.9 percent of the cases she adjudicated over the last five years. In total, she granted asylum to 523 individuals who appeared in her court, as well as some other type of relief to 10 more, while denying asylum to 206 individuals. Her rate of denial for application cases is less than half of the nationwide average, as TRAC reported judges denied 57.7 percent of asylum requests during the period, whereas Harbeck denied less than one-third of asylum requests.


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