What is Judge Yvonne Gonzalez's background?
EOIR's notice says that Yvonne Gonzalez was appointed in October 2017. Judge Gonzalez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from Trinity University and a Juris Doctor in 1983 from St. Mary’s School of Law. From 2012 to 2017, she worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, serving as a criminal assistant U.S. attorney in San Antonio from 2012 to 2016, and a special assistant U.S. attorney in the Social Security Administration Anti-Fraud Unit in El Paso, Texas, from 2016 to 2017. From 2006 to 2012, she served as a criminal assistant district attorney for the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, in San Antonio. From 1999 to 2006, she was a civil litigator at the Law Office of Yvonne Salinas Gonzalez, in Laredo, Texas. From 1992 to 1998, she served as a criminal assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, in Laredo.
What does TRAC report about Judge Yvonne Gonzalez'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 Yvonne Gonzalez decided 479 asylum cases at San Antonio Immigration Court and denied 26.1 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 Yvonne Gonzalez 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 San Antonio Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.