ASYLUMJUDGE · IMMIGRATION JUDGE PROFILE
Jean M. Kilker
New York (NYC) · New York, NY
Jean M. Kilker is listed with New York (NYC). The database records 17 asylum outcomes: 1 approved, 16 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2026-06-04 – 2026-07-01
Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Yearly changes
Yearly asylum decision trend
Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026171160—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Applicant origin
Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality
FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR
NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate
FY 2026 · China2026-06-04 – 2026-07-017070—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · India2026-06-17 – 2026-06-243030—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Bangladesh2026-06-17 – 2026-06-172020—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Ecuador2026-06-24 – 2026-06-302110—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · El Salvador2026-06-30 – 2026-06-301010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-06-05 – 2026-06-051010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
FY 2026 · Peru2026-06-30 – 2026-06-301010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden
Official appointment record
Judge background and appointment
Official biography
Jean M. Kilker was appointed as an immigration judge to begin hearing cases in May 2026. Judge Kilker earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 from the University of Rhode Island and a Juris Doctorate in 1989 from California Western School of Law. From September 2021 to April 2025, she served as chief of the General Law Division, Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, D.C. From January 2018 to September 2021, she was an attorney advisor with the Commander Naval Facilities Engineering Command and the Office of the Naval Inspector General, Department of the Navy, in Washington, D.C. From February 2016 to January 2018, she served as counsel, then senior counsel, to the U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Ethics. She also served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy and retired from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017 with the rank of captain. Her active- duty assignments included trial attorney, criminal law and procedure instructor, staff judge advocate to the Commander Naval Station Pearl Harbor, deputy staff judge advocate to the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, supported the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, and deployed as the staff judge advocate, commander, Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. From July 1989 to November 1991, she was a deputy district attorney in Orange County, California. Judge Kilker is a member of the State Bar of California, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: Judge Kilker earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 from the University of Rhode Island and a Juris Doctorate in 1989 from California Western School of Law.
Bar admission: Judge Kilker is a member of the State Bar of California, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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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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