What is Judge Sarah Sawwan's background?
EOIR's notice says that Sarah Sawwan was appointed in May 2026. Judge Sawwan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from the University of North Florida and a Juris Doctor in 2015 from Thurgood Marshall School of Law. From October 2016 to August 2025, she 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 El Paso, Texas. From August 2025 to May 2026, she served as counsel with OPLA, ICE, DHS, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. From 1997 to 2002, she served on active duty in the U.S. Navy as an aviation support equipment technician, with the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, and Auxiliary Security Forces, at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Sarah Sawwan 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 Hartford 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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