ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Jared L. Grimmer
Kansas City (KAN) · Kansas City, MO
Jared L. Grimmer is listed with Kansas City (KAN). The database records 83 asylum outcomes: 1 approved, 82 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2025-10-31 – 2026-06-30
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 20268318201.2%
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-31 – 2026-05-21120120—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-01-16 – 2026-06-26110110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Honduras2025-11-06 – 2026-06-23110110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mexico2025-11-07 – 2026-06-227070—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · India2025-12-02 – 2026-05-307070—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Haiti2025-11-26 – 2026-06-184040—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Nicaragua2025-12-29 – 2026-05-273030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Colombia2026-03-03 – 2026-06-292020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ecuador2026-01-02 – 2026-01-152020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kazakhstan2026-02-25 – 2026-06-012020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Belarus2025-12-09 – 2026-03-212110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Vietnam2026-03-17 – 2026-03-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Sudan2026-01-16 – 2026-01-161010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Iran2025-12-10 – 2025-12-101010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Pakistan2026-04-02 – 2026-04-021010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Angola2025-12-17 – 2025-12-171010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Jordan2026-06-30 – 2026-06-301010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Iraq2026-05-09 – 2026-05-091010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Mauritania2025-12-11 – 2025-12-111010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)2026-02-13 – 2026-02-131010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Senegal2026-03-24 – 2026-03-241010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Uzbekistan2026-01-27 – 2026-01-271010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Russia2026-05-18 – 2026-05-181010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cuba2026-05-27 – 2026-05-271010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · China2025-11-05 – 2025-11-051010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Brazil2025-11-24 – 2025-11-241010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Togo2025-12-16 – 2025-12-161010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Cameroon2026-05-19 – 2026-05-191010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Jamaica2026-02-02 – 2026-02-021010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Dominican Republic2026-01-31 – 2026-01-311010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Afghanistan2026-03-20 – 2026-03-201010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Jared L. Grimmer was appointed as an immigration judge in May 2026 after serving as a temporary immigration judge at the Kansas City Immigration Court from October 2025 to April 2026. Judge Grimmer earned a Bachelor of Science in 1995 from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) and a Juris Doctorate in 2000 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. From 2022 to 2025, he served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Reserves at various military bases across the world. From 2015 to 2022, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Las Vegas, where he was assigned primarily white collar and immigration cases. From 2001 to 2014, he served as a U.S. Air Force JAG, deploying to Iraq in 2010. Judge Grimmer is a m em ber of the Missouri Bar.
Education: Judge Grimmer earned a Bachelor of Science in 1995 from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) and a Juris Doctorate in 2000 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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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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