ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Donald W. JR. Thompson
New York (NYC) · New York, NY
Donald W. JR. Thompson is listed with New York (NYC). The database records 1,453 asylum outcomes: 852 approved, 601 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2020-01-03 – 2026-04-09
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 20263451732804.9%
FY 202524997152039.0%
FY 202422219428087.4%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · China2025-10-01 – 2026-04-0755847014.5%
FY 2026 · Ecuador2025-10-16 – 2026-04-085305300.0%
FY 2026 · India2025-10-17 – 2026-04-09311300—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guinea2025-10-23 – 2026-04-09221210—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-02-10 – 2026-04-07210210—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Colombia2025-12-15 – 2026-03-24192170—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2025-10-15 – 2026-03-31180180—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Uzbekistan2025-12-17 – 2026-04-03150150—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2026-02-10 – 2026-04-039090—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Bangladesh2025-10-09 – 2026-03-188080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Senegal2025-12-04 – 2026-03-188080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Turkey2025-11-24 – 2026-04-078080—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Georgia2025-12-09 – 2026-04-097070—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nepal2025-10-28 – 2026-01-146060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mauritania2025-10-30 – 2026-04-036150—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2025-11-14 – 2026-03-026150—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-12-15 – 2026-04-066060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Tajikistan (Tadzhik)2025-11-19 – 2026-04-085050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-10-16 – 2026-03-305050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Egypt2025-10-08 – 2026-03-175050—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Dominican Republic2025-12-16 – 2026-04-084040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kazakhstan2026-02-18 – 2026-04-074040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2025-12-15 – 2026-03-173030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Sudan2025-12-04 – 2026-04-033030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Pakistan2025-10-15 – 2026-01-213030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Jamaica2026-02-04 – 2026-02-052020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mali2025-10-08 – 2025-10-082200—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ghana2025-10-30 – 2026-03-162020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nigeria2026-03-26 – 2026-03-261010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-12-12 – 2025-12-121010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Burkina Faso2026-02-12 – 2026-02-121100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Chad2026-01-22 – 2026-01-221010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Singapore2025-12-16 – 2025-12-161010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Western Sahara2026-02-17 – 2026-02-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Sierra Leone2025-12-17 – 2025-12-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Comoros2026-02-04 – 2026-02-041010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Morocco2026-01-22 – 2026-01-221010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Donald W. Thompson to begin hearing cases in April 2017. Judge Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Seton Hall University School of Law. From September 2007 to April 2017, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Francisco and New York, N.Y. From 2006 to 2007, he clerked for the Honorable Estela De La Cruz of the New Jersey Superior Court. Judge Thompson is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars.
Education: Judge Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Seton Hall University School of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Thompson is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars.
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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.
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