What is Judge Jason L. Stern's background?
EOIR's notice says that Jason L. Stern was appointed in November 2023. Judge Stern earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from Seton Hall University School of Law. From 2022 to 2023, he served as a 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 Houston. From 2018 to 2022, he served as an assistant chief counsel, OPLA, ICE, DHS, in San Antonio (Pearsall). From 2015 to 2018, he served as a presidential management fellow and asylum officer in Asylum Headquarters, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2015, Judge Stern clerked for the Honorable Sohail Mohammed, Judge of Office of Communications the Superior Court, in the Chancery Division, Family Part of the Passaic County Court in New Jersey.
What does TRAC report about Judge Jason L. Stern'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 Jason L. Stern decided 583 asylum cases at Houston - Greenspoint Immigration Court and denied 93.0 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 Jason L. Stern 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 - Greenspoint Park Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.