Immigration judge Daniel J. Santander
EOIR records Daniel J. Santander as a serving immigration judge, code DJS, with 11,779 proceedings completed in the five fiscal years to 2025 and 44.6% of the asylum applications decided granted, against 37.3% across the country.
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Cases, decisions and backlog
- 11,779
- Proceedings completed, FY2021–2025
- 27.1% decided in absentia
- 8,712
- Proceedings pending at 2026-09
- 44.6%
- Asylum grant rate, FY2021–2025
- 160 granted of 359 decided
Over the 5 fiscal years from 2021 to 2025, this judge granted 160 asylum applications and denied 199 — 44.6% of those decided, against 37.3% across the country. A further 1,781 ended neither way and are in neither figure.
By fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | Completed | Asylum granted | Asylum denied |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4,072 | 43 | 90 |
| FY2024 | 3,048 | 29 | 37 |
| FY2023 | 2,268 | 25 | 22 |
| FY2022 | 1,443 | 29 | 32 |
| FY2021 | 948 | 34 | 18 |
| FY2020 | 1,323 | 38 | 54 |
| FY2019 | 1,595 | 19 | 9 |
| FY2018 | 1,152 | 16 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 1,491 | 13 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 1,240 | 13 | 22 |
Complete fiscal years only. A proceeding is counted in the year it completed, which is not the year it was recorded, so this table is not a record of what arrived.
Where the proceedings were
The courts where EOIR records this judge completing proceedings, which is not the same as the courts they are assigned to: a judge is assigned to a median of three at once and as many as 72, and an assignment is not a posting.
Sources
- EOIR immigration court outcomes by judge, court and fiscal year — U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review · retrieved September 1, 2026
- EOIR immigration judges and courts
Data retrieved