What is Judge Kyung Auh's background?
EOIR's notice says that Kyung Auh was appointed in March 2019. Judge Auh earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a Juris Doctor in 2010 from the City of New York University School of Law. From 2012 to 2019, Judge Auh served as a judge advocate assigned to the New York Air National Guard and the Florida Air National Guard at the following locations: Long Island, New York; St. Augustine, Florida; and Rome, New York. From 2016 to 2018, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Miami. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Queens County District Attorney’s Office in Kew Gardens, New York. From 2007 to 2012, he held various headquarters staff positions with the New York Air National Guard in Long Island, New York.
What does TRAC report about Judge Kyung Auh'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 Kyung Auh decided 179 asylum cases at New York - Det Immigration Court and denied 64.8 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 Kyung Auh 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 Ulster Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.