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Case of illegal immigrant facing sixth deportation from Michigan not unusual


From the 2015 U.S. Sentencing Commission illegal reentry report
Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com

 on August 08, 2015 at 6:40 PM, updated August 08, 2015 at 7:02 PM

PONTIAC, MI -- The case of 30-year-old Rogelio Peralta-Espino, who was born in Mexico but repeatedly returns to the U.S. illegally, highlights the cat-and-mouse relationship immigration officials have with those intent on staying in America.

 Peralta-Espino's case is far repeatedly reentering the U.S. after being return to his native country is not an anomaly.

 With 26 percent of all federal cases prosecuted in 2013 being for illegal reentry according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Peralta-Espino, and tens of thousands of others like him, become a huge burden on law enforcement and judicial resources.

 Peralta-Espino has no record of committing a violent crime, but has nevertheless had numerous interactions with police, U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and various judicial jurisdictions.

 His convictions not connected to his illegal residence in the U.S. and Michigan are for possession of marijuana in 2006; obstructing and resisting a police officer and driving without a license, both convictions that occurred in 2013.

 Because of he has three or more prior convictions, he could face up to 10 years in prison for his latest illegal reentry violation.

 According to a report submitted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in April, the U.S. government charged 18,498 illegal reentry offenses in 2013. On average, the offenders served 18 months behind bars.


 Of the nearly 20,000 offenders, 61 percent had committed a crime after illegally reentering the U.S. and each had been deported an average of 3.2 times prior to their 2013 arrests, the report says.


It's estimated there were 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. as of 2013

 Nearly half of the immigrants charged with illegal reentry in 2013 had children residing in the U.S.



 The illegal reentry statute carries a punishment of up to two years in prison for a first illegal entry offense. It increased to a 10-year-maximum sentence if the illegal immigrant has three or more prior misdemeanors or a felony conviction.

 It's estimated there were 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. as of 2013, the Commission reports.


 The long list of convictions and deportations involving Peralta-Espino:

 June 21, 2006: Peralta-Espino, thought it's not clear from the criminal complaint why, other than he is not a legal U.S. citizen, appeared before an immigration judge and ordered to be deported.

 Dec. 12, 2008: Following the deportation order two years prior, Peralta-Espino again becomes ensnared in the U.S. judicial system when he is arrested in Pontiac for possession of marijuana. He served 122 days in jail for the conviction.

 Dec. 15, 2008: Following his release for the marijuana conviction, ICE agents arrest Peralta-Espino. He is detained until being deported on Dec. 23 of the same year.

 Dec. 29, 2008: Peralta-Espino didn't stay in his native country for long before making his way back to the U.S., where he was arested by U.S. Border Patrol near Laredo, Texas and processed for illegal reentry.

 Dec. 30, 2008: Peralta-Espino is convicted the reentry crime and serve 20 days in jail.

 Jan. 16, 2009: Peralta-Espino is again deported to Mexico.

 May 12, 2009: Five months after his second deporation, Peralta-Espino is again arrested in Pontiac y ICE agents and processed a second time for illegal reentry.

 May 19, 2009: After a brief detention with ICE, Peralta-Espino is returned to Mexico for a third time.

 June 28, 2011: Two years pass before Peralta-Espino is arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in Richmond, Michigan

 July 5, 2011: Peralta-Espino is returned to Mexico a fourth time.

 March 23, 2013: Two years later, Peralta-Espino has returned to the U.S. and arrested in Pontiac for obstructing or resisting and officer, a conviction for which he serves 17 days in jail. It's not clear from the complaint why he wasn't deported after that arrest and jailing.

 April 10, 2013: Peralta-Espino is convicted of operating without a license in Oak Park. He serves 17 in jail and released to ICE agents to be processed for illegal reentry.

 Sept. 5, 2013: After serving five months jailed by ICE, he is convicted of illegal entry and sentenced to time served.

 Sept. 17, 2013: Peralta-Espino deported to Mexico for a fourth time.

 Nov. 21, 2014: By now Peralta-Espino has made his way back to Michigan and is arrested Genesee County and processed for illegal reentry to the U.S. He serves a little over two months jailed by ICE and is deported a fifth time to Mexico on Jan. 20 of this year.

 Aug. 4, 2015: Peralta-Espino is arrested in Pontiac for illegal reentry into the U.S. He is now facing his sixth deportation.

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