In this game of cat and mouse, it’s the mouse that appears to have 9 lives.

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An illegal alien with a Barack Obama tattoo

Rogelio Peralta-Espino, 30, is facing his sixth deportation to his native Mexico after ICE agents caught him again in Pontiac, Michigan.

First deported when he was 21, agents have been playing what Mlive calls a game of “cat and mouse” with the illegal alien for some 9 years, though he’s no stranger to the Michigan court system.

Espino has been convicted of possession of marijuana in 2006, obstructing and resisting a police officer in 2013 and driving without a license in 2013.

The latest criminal complaint features two pages of run-ins Espino has had with federal and local law enforcement:

  • June 21, 2006: Ordered removed in absentia by an Immigration Judge in Detroit, Michigan.
  • December 12, 2008: Convicted of possession of marijuana; sentenced to 122 days in jail.
  • December 15, 2008: Arrested by ICE as an ICE Fugitive; deported.
  • December 29, 2008: Arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Laredo, Texas for Illegal Re-entry.
  • December 30, 2008: Convicted of “improper entry by an alien,” sentenced to 20 days confinement; deported.
  • May 12, 2009: Arrested for illegal entry by ICE agents in Pontiac, Michigan; deported.
  • June 28, 2011: Arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Richmond, Michigan; deported.
  • March 23, 2013: Convicted of Obstructing-Resisting an Officer, sentenced to 17 days confinement.
  • April 10, 2013: Convicted of Operating without a License, sentenced to 17 days confinement and fines, costs and restitution.
  • April 11, 2013: Arrest by ICE agents for Illegal Re-entry.
  • September 5, 2013: Convicted of Re-entry after Deportation; deported.
  • November 21, 2014: Arrested by ICE for Illegal Re-entry.
  • January 15, 2015: Convicted of Re-entry; deported.

Espino now faces 10 years in prison.

According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 26% of all federal cases prosecuted involved re-entry by illegal aliens.