ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Denise Hunter
Adelanto (ADL) · Adelanto, CA
Denise Hunter is listed with Adelanto (ADL). The database records 780 asylum outcomes: 644 approved, 136 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2022-11-03 – 2025-12-15
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 20264630160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 202528322261078.4%
FY 202428425034088.0%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · Russia2025-10-21 – 2025-12-09222110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2025-10-31 – 2025-12-155050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-22 – 2025-11-255320—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Afghanistan2025-10-01 – 2025-11-194130—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nepal2025-11-05 – 2025-11-052020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2025-10-08 – 2025-11-262020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2025-12-10 – 2025-12-101100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · India2025-11-12 – 2025-11-121100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-12-03 – 2025-12-031010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Georgia2025-11-12 – 2025-11-121100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ukraine2025-12-09 – 2025-12-091100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Romania2025-11-06 – 2025-11-061100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Denise M. Hunter was appointed as an Immigration Judge to begin hearing cases in Octob er 2022. Judge Hunter earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from Wesley - Del awar e State University (formerly Wesley College) and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from The George Washington University Law School. From 2021 to 2022, she was the LG BTQ+ Program Leg al Director at California Rural Legal Assistance. Inc., in Modesto, California,and served on the Board of AsylumWorks in Washington, D.C. From 2017 to 2021, she was s enior s taff a ttorney -i mmigration at Whitman-Walker Health (WWH ) in Washington, D.C. From 2015 to 2017, she was s taf f attorney -i mmigration at WWH. From 2014 to 2015, she was ani mmigration s taff a ttorney at Ayuda in Washington, D.C. From 2012 to 2014 she was s taf f a ttorney at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Hogar Immigrant Servi ces ,in Falls Church, Virgi nia. Judge Hunter is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
Education: Judge Hunter earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 from Wesley - Del awar e State University (formerly Wesley College) and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from The George Washington University Law School.
Bar admission: Judge Hunter is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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How to read approval rates
Decision approval rateis approved ÷ (approved + denied). Blue “Other” is shown separately and includes identifiable withholding/CAT protection, cancellation or adjustment, voluntary departure, withdrawal, termination, dismissal, and administrative closure; it is excluded from the rate denominator.Approved share of all outcomesuses approved, denied, and other outcomes in the denominator.
With small samples, a few cases can move the percentage sharply. The page flags samples below 50 and below 200 decisions.
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