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Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in May 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-07-01
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820

On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 174 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was third in foreign national crime in the state with 19.12 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 174 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report for Recalcitrant Countries May 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-06-29
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) on May 1, 2019 reveals that 56 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were from current designated “at risk of non-compliance” or “recalcitrant / uncooperative” countries that may not take back their own criminal citizens after they are released from DOC prisons and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for possible removal from the United States of America (USA) — 6.15 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The names of recalcitrant countries...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report May 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-06-28
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border, crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820, Oregon legislation

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on May 1, 2019 revealed that 81 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes — 8.90 percent of the criminal alien prison population.

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates in the DOC prison system along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on May 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
 

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New High in U.S. Say Immigration Most Important Problem
Jeffrey M. Jones
Gallup
2019-06-24
Tags:
immigration, legal immigration, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Congress, growth

Story Highlights

23% mention immigration as most important problem, highest in Gallup trends The government is the most commonly mentioned problem, at 26% Most Americans still say immigration a good thing for the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' concern with immigration continues to be heightened, as 23% name it the most important problem facing the country. This is by one percentage point the highest Gallup has ever measured for the issue since it first began recording mentions of immigration in 1993.

The June 3-16 poll was conducted as the U.S. continues...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report May 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-06-24
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon Legislature

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on May 1, 2019 that 455 of 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for three types of sex crimes — sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 50.00 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sex crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by alien sex abuse, rape and sodomy.).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the...

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Some New York Clerks Refuse To Issue Driver’s Licenses To Illegal Aliens Under New Law
Joseph Curl
The Gateway Pundit
2019-06-20
Tags:
voter registration, Homeland Security, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, voter fraud, national security

Some county clerks in upstate New York say they will refuse to comply with the state’s new law granting driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.

Clerks in Erie, Rensselaer, Niagara and Allegany counties say they won’t adhere when the law, signed Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, takes effect in six months.

“In the memo of the bill, they talk about the reason why they’re passing this bill is to make sure that people who are here illegally can get to and from work,” Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns said, according to the New York Post. “It is illegal to hire people in the state of...

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Immigration Agency Says It Plans Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families
Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Miriam Jordan
The New York Times
2019-06-19
Tags:
enforcement, Homeland Security, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens

WASHINGTON - The acting directtor of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said on Wednesday that he would follow through with plans to send agents into communities to round up and deport undocumented families, in the Trump administration’s latest attempt to deter large-scale migration of Central Americans to the southwest border.

The acting director, Mark Morgan, who has signaled for weeks that there would be a heightened focus on deporting families, told reporters that agents would target more than 2,000 immigrant family members who already have deportation orders...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Homicide Report May 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-06-19
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on May 1, 2019 that 131 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter) — 14.40 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for homicidal crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents killed by alien homicidal violence).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers,...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Mexican National Crime Report May 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-06-17
Tags:
border, Mexico, crime, enforcement, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on May 1, 2019 that 728 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were Mexican nationals — 80.00 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of Mexican nationals incarcerated in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by this specific group of criminal aliens).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien...

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Gagging judges endangers Oregonians
Senator Kim thatcher and spokesperson Jonathon Lockwood
2019-06-12
Tags:
crime, enforcement, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, judiciary, Oregon legislation, Democrat
  from the office of   SENATOR KIM THATCHER     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wed., June 12, 2019   Jonathan Lockwood 971-645-2099   Gagging judges endangers Oregonians   SALEM, Ore.—Oregon Democrats are gagging judges through a speech control measure that will prohibit courts from knowing or inquiring about an alleged criminals’ immigration status.    House Bill 2932 was passed in the Senate on a party-line vote. In Oregon, there are 913 illegal immigrants in the penal system currently; of which 132 are convicted of...
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