What is Judge Lian Yeh's background?
EOIR's notice says that Lian Yeh was appointed in March 2026. Judge Yeh earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from State University of New York (SUNY) College at Geneseo and a Juris Doctor in 2014 from State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo Law School. From 2020 to 2026, he served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the following locations: Port Isabel, Texas (2020-2023); Houston (2023-2026). From 2018 to 2020, he served as an attorney advisor with the Office of Hearing Operations, U.S. Social Security Administration, in Syracuse, New York. From 2017 to 2018, he served as an assistant district attorney with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, in Watertown, New York. From 2016 to 2017, he was an associate with the Law Offices of Kim & Associates in Flushing, New York.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Lian Yeh 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 - S. Gessner Road 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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