What is Judge Anwer Khan's background?
EOIR's notice says that Anwer Khan was appointed in March 2019. Judge Khan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. From 2017 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in Houston. From 2008 to 2017, he served as an assistant chief counsel with ICE, DHS, in Los. From 2015 to 2017, he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. In 2008, he was an associate attorney with The A.D.I.L.A. Law Group in Los Angeles.
What does TRAC report about Judge Anwer Khan'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 Anwer Khan decided 997 asylum cases at Houston Immigration Court and denied 88.9 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 Anwer Khan 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 Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.