Four Indian American jurists are among 42 new immigration judges appointed by the Trump administration across the country to reduce immigration court backlog amid its crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Dimple Gupta, Anupriya Krishna, Revathi Muneer, Akash B. Vyas and 36 other new immigration judges were administered the oath of office by Attorney General Pam Bondi on March 11, according to a Justice Department release.
“This Department of Justice has made reducing the immigration court backlog a top priority,” she said. “Under the Trump Administration, immigration judges will decide cases based on the law – not politics.”
Since January 20, 2025, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has reduced the backlog by over 380,000 cases, according to the release.
New Indian American judges are:
Dimple Gupta, Annandale Immigration Court, was the deputy general counsel at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill from April 2025 to January 2026.
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From January 2020 to April 2025, she served as an attorney with the Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency. From April 2019 to January 2020, she served as the senior counsel to the director, EOIR.
Gupta is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Massachusetts Bar. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1998 from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor in 2001 from Harvard Law School.
Anupriya Krishna, Sterling Immigration Court, served as an associate general counsel with the Office of the General Counsel, EOIR, in Falls Church, Virginia from January 2025 to February 2026. From May 2019 to January 2025, she was at EOIR’s Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church.
Krishna is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from The Ohio State University, a Juris Doctor in 2007 from Cleveland State University, and a Master of Laws in 2012 from George Washington University Law School.
Revathi Muneer, Houston, Jefferson Street Immigration Court, served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco from 2024 to 2026. From 2022 to 2024, she served as an assistant chief counsel with the same office in El Paso.
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From 2002 to 2022, she served as an asylum officer, quality assurance trainer, policy adjudications officer, training officer, supervisory asylum officer, and fraud detection and national security immigration officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Muneer is a member of the State Bar of California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Christian University and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
Akash B. Vyas, Chicago Immigration Court, served as an assistant chief counsel with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 2024 to February 2026. From November 2007 to December 2023, he served as an assistant state’s attorney with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
Vyas is a member of the Illinois State Bar. He earned a Bachelor of Science in 2004 from Purdue University and a Juris Doctor in 2007 from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.