Cynthia Santiago is a California attorney and founder of the Law Office of Cynthia Santiago, where she practices immigration and criminal-defense law. Her firm also handles personal injury and workers' compensation matters. Its immigration practice includes deportation defense, naturalization and family-based petitions, and its criminal practice includes post-conviction relief.
We have documented 1 statement by Cynthia Santiago, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Santiago argued that Jimenez was trying to leave a frightening encounter and that the agents’ approach and use of deadly force were unjustified.
“Then there was a shot from the side, back passenger window, to the car. Use of deadly force is to be used as a last resort. Coming out to communities with guns drawn is the opposite.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
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She explicitly contrasts the shooting with the last-resort standard for deadly force and criticizes the agents’ armed approach.
ICE officer Eusebio Ortiz shot Carlos Jimenez during an immigration operation in Ontario. The government says Jimenez reversed toward an officer; his lawyers say he was leaving. Court filings exposed evidence and interview disputes.
