José Miguel León Huezo

José joined CMS in 2014 and supervises the Naturalization practice at Catholic Migration Services, including naturalization applications and requests for certificates of citizenship for those who derived or acquired citizenship through their parents. José also works on Removal Defense cases, in which he represents clients in removal proceedings before Immigration Court. He helps clients with defensive and affirmative asylum claims, defensive Violence Against Women Act petitions, Cancellation of Removal for Permanent Residents and Non-Permanent Residents, U-Visa Petitions, T-Visa Petitions, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Petitions in Family Court and with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

José is a graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and holds a B.A. in Economics and History from Northwestern University. José grew up in San José, Costa Rica and Barcelona, Spain. He is fluent in Catalan, French, German, and Spanish, in addition to English. José is admitted to practice law in New York and Minnesota and is admitted to the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.