Immigration judge

Cynthia Lafuente-Gaona

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Public EOIR asylum decision statistics

Status
active
Data source
TRAC Immigration Judge Reports

Grant rate

49.6%

129 / 260

Total decisions

260

Merits decision sample in current public statistics

Grant rate

49.6%

Grants: 129

Denial rate

28.1%

Denials: 73

Other relief rate

22.3%

Other relief: 58

Judge profile

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Cynthia A. Lafuente-Gaona to begin hearingcases in November 2017. Judge Lafuente-Gaona earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 fromthe University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 1998 from the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. From 2005 to 2017, she worked for the U.S. House of Representatives in theoffice of Congressman Henry Cuellar in San Antonio, serving as deputy chief of staff and counselfrom 2005 to 2010, and chief of staff and counsel from 2011 to 2017. From 2005 to 2014, she wasalso a sole practitioner at the Law Offices of Robert Gaona & Associates, in San Antonio. From 1998 to 2004, she served as assistant attorney general for the State of Texas Attorney General, in San Antonio. Judge Lafuente-Gaona is a member of the Texas State Bar.

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Source: TRAC Judge Report · View original report

Outcome distribution

Grants129 / 260
Denials73 / 260
Other relief58 / 260

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