What is Judge Fayaz Habib's background?
EOIR's notice says that Fayaz Habib was appointed in May 2024. Judge Habib earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2010 from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Georgia State University College of Law. From 2020 to 2024, he served as deputy chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York City. From 2018 to 2020, he served as an assistant chief counsel with OPLA, ICE, DHS, where he also served as legal counsel to Homeland Security Investigations, New York. From 2014 to 2018, he served as an assistant chief counsel with OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Lumpkin, Georgia, and New York City.
What does TRAC report about Judge Fayaz Habib'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 Fayaz Habib decided 372 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 75.3 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 Fayaz Habib 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 - Broadway Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.