Twice-Convicted Mexican National Faces Deportation After Light Sentences for DUIs

Federal immigration authorities arrested Jose De Santiago-Martinez, a Mexican national illegally residing in California for over two decades, on August 17, 2025, for his repeated drunk driving offenses. The arrest, carried out by ICE’s San Francisco office, comes amid a troubling wave of fatal crashes involving undocumented immigrants driving under the influence, spotlighting what critics call lenient state penalties and lax enforcement.

De Santiago-Martinez, who first entered the U.S. unlawfully in 2004, has a history of flouting immigration and traffic laws. Court records show he was granted voluntary returns to Mexico twice that year but reentered the country illegally at least once more.

In February 20

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