As an Immigration Judge, Malphrus had a denial rate for political asylum claims almost exactly in the middle of all immigration judges nationwide.

According to the most recent national study, Malphrus denied 66.9 percent, which ranks his denial rate as 134 out of 267 immigration judges nationwide.

According to one Federal Reserve Board study, among higher income applicants, the denial rates were as follows:

In fact, if you look at the past ten years, Great Benefit's average denial rate is slightly under twelve percent, which is certainly within the industry average.

Although it appears many will ultimately be approved, immigration officials say the final denial rate may be as high as 50 percent.

Mr. Green's office found that the program's denial rate was 10 percent and as high as 25 percent for trips between boroughs.

In March, the denial rate was 17.3 percent, the suit says.

New Mexico had the highest denial rate, 50.7 percent, while Montana had the lowest, 3.5 percent.

Currently the department employs both methods to curb fraud, and from March through December last year, there was a denial rate of 29 percent for new cases.

Value Behavioral Health, for example, has an outright denial rate of less than 1 percent.