What is Judge Dania Nassar's background?
EOIR's notice says that Dania Nassar was appointed in October 2022. Judge Nassar earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2007 from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from South Texas College of Law in Houston. From 2021 to 2022, Judge Nassar served as a supervising administrative law judge and from 2017 to 2021, she served as an administrative law judge at the New York State Office of Children and Family Services – Bureau of Special Hearings in New York City. From 2014 to 2017, Judge Nassar served as an agency attorney for the New York City Administration for Children's Services in Brooklyn, New York. From 2013 to 2014, she was of counsel to a private immigration law firm in New York City. In 2011, she was a legal fellow at Amnesty International – USA in New York City.
What does TRAC report about Judge Dania Nassar'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 Dania Nassar decided 1259 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 64.7 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 Dania Nassar 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.