What is Judge Kevin N. Buras's background?
EOIR's notice says that Kevin N. Buras was appointed in October 2025. Judge Buras earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1991 from the University of Texas, Austin, and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from South Texas College of Law Houston. From 2019 to 2025, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Houston, where he was a national security designated attorney. From 2011 to 2019, he served as an asylum officer and then senior asylum officer at the Houston Asylum Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. From 2007 to 2010, he was in private practice. From 2004 to 2007, he served as an assistant criminal district attorney in Galveston County, Texas.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Kevin N. Buras 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 - Jefferson Street Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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