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Irma Diaz
Hyattsville (HYA) · Hyattsville, MD
Irma Diaz is listed with Hyattsville (HYA). The database records 922 asylum outcomes: 102 approved, 820 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case.
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Each row shows fiscal year, nationality, valid decisions, and approval rate.
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Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Irma Diaz was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in November 2024. Judge Diaz earned a Bachelor of Science in 2004 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains, New York. From 2022 to 2024, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Los Fresnos, Texas. From 2016 to 2022, she was an immigration attorney, and in 2019 became a partner, at the Law Firm of Anayancy Housman (formerly known as Housman & Diaz). From 2014 to 2016, she was an immigration attorney at the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, a nonprofit organization (now part of Make the Road New York). Judge Diaz is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, having joined as a direct commission officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps in June 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she provided legal assistance with the 4th Legal Operations Detachment in Fort Dix, New Jersey, and from 2017 to 2023, she served as a trial defense counsel with the 16th Legal Operations Detachment in Hamilton, New York. Judge Diaz is a member of the New Jersey State Bar, New York State Bar, and State Bar of Texas.
Education: Judge Diaz earned a Bachelor of Science in 2004 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and a Juris Doctor in 2013 from Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains, New York.
Bar admission: Judge Diaz is a member of the New Jersey State Bar, New York State Bar, and State Bar of Texas.
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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.
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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