What is Judge Lolita Lukose's background?
EOIR's notice says that Lolita Lukose was appointed in March 2019. Judge Lukose earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from New York University and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from the American University, Washington College of Law. From 2002 to 2005, she served as an assistant district attorney in the District Attorney’s Office in Bronx, New York. From 2005 to 2007, she served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. From 2007 to 2010, she served as an attorney advisor in the National Security Law Section at the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS in the Arlington Chief Counsel’s Office in Arlington, Virginia. From 2010 to 2019, she served as a trial attorney with the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice.
What does TRAC report about Judge Lolita Lukose'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 Lolita Lukose decided 327 asylum cases at Arlington Immigration Court and denied 25.4 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 Lolita Lukose 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 Annandale Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.