What is Judge Carol A. Crawford's background?
EOIR's notice says that Carol A. Crawford was appointed in December 2021. Judge Crawford earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 from Trinity College, a Master of Business Administration in 1986 from The George Washington University, and a Juris Doctor in 1992 from the University of Maryland School of Law. From 2017 to 2021, she was the Faculty Relations Investigator at American University, in the District of Columbia. From 2014 to 2017, she served as Director/Investigative Counsel with the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities, in Annapolis and Linthicum. From 1997 to 2014, she served as Assistant State’s Attorney, Chief of the Special Prosecutions Team, and First Assistant State’s Attorney at the Office of the State’s Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Assistant Public Defender with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, in Rockville.
What does TRAC report about Judge Carol A. Crawford'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 Carol A. Crawford decided 817 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 43.9 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 Carol A. Crawford 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 New York - Federal Plaza Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.