What is Judge Kalenna Lee's background?
EOIR's notice says that Kalenna Lee was appointed in May 2023. Judge Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from New York University and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from Brooklyn Law School. From 2015 to 2023, she served as an assistant chief counsel, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York. From 2013 to 2015, she served as an asylum officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS. From 2010 to 2013, she was in private practice at the law firm of Kuzmin and Associates PC in New York representing noncitizens before EOIR and USCIS.
What does TRAC report about Judge Kalenna Lee'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 Kalenna Lee decided 635 asylum cases at New York Immigration Court and denied 68.5 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 Kalenna Lee 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.