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DWI unchecked

Luis Dozal-Rascon, 40, was arrested Sunday on a charge of aggravated DWI - his ninth in the past 10 years.

Dozal-Rascon, of the 500 block of 62nd Street Southwest, was caught Sunday night in a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department roadblock at 1500 Rio Bravo Blvd. S.W., according to a Metro Court criminal complaint.

Though he is a Mexican citizen, according to court documents, he has not been placed on an immigration hold.

Marc Raimonei, spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a visitor to the United States can be deported for aggravated felony convictions. But if a person was born in another country but is a naturalized citizen, he or she does not face deportation.

Raimonei said the only way to determine if Dozal-Rascon has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen is to ask him. Calls to his home were not returned.