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Lily C Hsu

Lily C Hsu is listed with Santa Ana (SNC). The database records 1,985 asylum outcomes: 416 approved, 1,569 denied, and 0 other outcomes. Historical statistics are informational and cannot predict an individual case. · 2020-01-10 – 2026-07-01

Decision approval rate21.0%Approved ÷（Approved + Denied）

Approved share of all outcomes21.0%Approved ÷ all outcomes

Asylum decisions1,985416 / 1,569 / 0

Approved / denied416 / 1,569 / 0Database records only

Yearly changes

Yearly asylum decision trend

Fiscal yearDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate

FY 20265123148106.1%

FY 202532785242026.0%

FY 20241698089047.3%

Applicant origin

Asylum decisions by fiscal year and nationality

FY 2026 · 2025-10-01 – 2026-07-01 · EOIR

NationalityDecisionsGrantedDeniedOtherApproval rate

FY 2026 · Mexico2025-10-02 – 2026-06-23173017300.0%

FY 2026 · Colombia2025-10-01 – 2026-06-258208200.0%

FY 2026 · Guatemala2025-10-23 – 2026-06-255905900.0%

FY 2026 · Nicaragua2025-10-31 – 2026-06-30310310—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · El Salvador2025-12-23 – 2026-06-12300300—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Venezuela2026-01-28 – 2026-06-23280280—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · China2025-10-07 – 2026-06-292410140—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · India2025-10-03 – 2026-06-25192170—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Honduras2025-10-01 – 2026-04-10140140—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Peru2026-01-05 – 2026-07-01130130—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Turkey2025-10-09 – 2025-10-189810—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Russia2025-10-22 – 2026-05-219270—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Ecuador2026-01-13 – 2026-03-166060—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Belarus2025-10-10 – 2025-10-105500—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Egypt2026-04-03 – 2026-05-214310—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Syria2026-05-14 – 2026-05-141010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Armenia2026-05-15 – 2026-05-151010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Cuba2026-04-13 – 2026-04-131010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Afghanistan2025-10-22 – 2025-10-221100—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Tajikistan (Tadzhik)2026-02-03 – 2026-02-031010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

FY 2026 · Libya2025-10-31 – 2025-10-311010—Fewer than 50; rate hidden

Official appointment record

Judge background and appointment

Appointment dateJanuary 2020

Appointed courtLos Angeles North Immigration Court

Appointment typeImmigration Judge

Official biography

Attorney General Barr appointed Lily C. Hsu to begin hearing cases in January 2020. Judge Hsu earned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from California Western School of Law. From 2006 to 2019, she served as an assistant chief counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Los Angeles. From 2009 to 2011, she served as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles. From 2004 to 2006, she served as an asylum officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS, in Anaheim, California. From 2001 to 2004, she was an associate attorney at Reeves and Associates ALPC. Judge Hsu is a member of the State Bar of California.

Education: Judge Hsu earned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from California Western School of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Hsu is a member of the State Bar of California.

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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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