What is Judge Alysha Welsh's background?
EOIR's notice says that Alysha Welsh was appointed in February 2023. Judge Welsh earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 from Boston University and a Juris Doctor in 2012 from Suffolk University Law School. In 2022, she was the legal director at the University of Maryland’s Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment Center for Human Trafficking Survivors in College Park, Maryland. From 2018 to 2022, she was the managing attorney at Human Rights First in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2018, she was an associate attorney in Boston practicing immigration law at the following firms: Joyce and Associates (2017-2018); Maiona & Ward Immigration Law (2015-2017); and The Law Offices of Saher J. Macarius (2014-2015). From 2013 to 2014, she served as an AmeriCorps legal fellow with South Coastal Counties Legal Services in Fall River, Massachusetts.
What does TRAC report about Judge Alysha Welsh's asylum decisions?
TRAC, a research center that began at Syracuse University, reports that for FY 2021 - 2026 (data covers the first 9 months of fiscal year 2026), Judge Alysha Welsh decided 279 asylum cases at Annandale Immigration Court and denied 86.7 percent, based on its report of Aug 27, 2026. These are past figures for one court. They do not predict your case, which turns on your facts, evidence, nationality and representation, and TRAC cautions against simple comparisons between judges at different courts. Read the full report at TRAC, and talk to a lawyer about your own case.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Alysha Welsh in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Annandale Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.