What is Judge Terese Tadros-Ibarra's background?
EOIR's notice says that Terese Tadros-Ibarra was appointed in October 2021. Judge Tadros-Ibarra earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Montclair State University and a Juris Doctor in 2003 from Seton Hall University School of Law. In 2021, she served as a Supervisory Attorney Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice, in Falls Church, Virginia. From 2015 to 2021, she served as an Attorney Advisor, BIA. From 2013 to 2015, she was a Senior Associate with Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, in the District of Columbia. From 2011 to 2012, she was an Associate Attorney for The Law Offices of Irena Karpinski, in the District of Columbia.
What does TRAC report about Judge Terese Tadros-Ibarra'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 Terese Tadros-Ibarra decided 547 asylum cases at Santa Ana Immigration Court and denied 62.3 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 Terese Tadros-Ibarra 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 Santa Ana Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.