Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in October 2019
On October 1, 2019 Oregon’s Marion County had 207 of the 857 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was first in foreign national crime in the state with 24.15 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.
The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 207 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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Crime |
Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
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Rape |
45 |
21.74% |
|
Sex Abuse |
43 |
20.77% |
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Sodomy |
33 |
15.94% |
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Homicide |
24 |
11.59% |
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Assault |
16 |
7.73% |
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Kidnapping |
11 |
5.31% |
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Drugs |
6 |
2.90% |
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Robbery |
6 |
2.90% |
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Burglary |
5 |
2.42% |
|
Vehicle Theft |
1 |
0.48% |
|
Arson |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Driving Offense |
0 |
0.00% |
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Escape |
0 |
0.00% |
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Forgery |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Theft |
0 |
0.00% |
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Other / Combination Crimes |
17 |
8.21% |
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Total |
207 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 19.
This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from October 1st, the total number of criminal alien inmates incarcerated in the DOC prison system by type of crime from all Oregon counties, the total number of criminal alien inmates from Marion County in DOC prisons by type of crime and the percentage of those alien inmates who were from the county by type of crime.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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Crime |
Total number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from all Oregon Counties by Type of Crime |
Total number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
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Sex Abuse |
183 |
43 |
23.50% |
|
Rape |
168 |
45 |
26.79% |
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Homicide |
126 |
24 |
19.05% |
|
Sodomy |
104 |
33 |
31.73% |
|
Assault |
78 |
16 |
20.51% |
|
Drugs |
65 |
6 |
9.23% |
|
Robbery |
37 |
6 |
16.22% |
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Kidnapping |
26 |
11 |
42.31% |
|
Burglary |
13 |
5 |
38.46% |
|
Theft |
11 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Driving Offense |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Vehicle Theft |
1 |
1 |
100.00% |
|
Arson |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Escape |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Forgery |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Other / Comb. Crimes |
41 |
17 |
41.46% |
|
Total |
857 |
207 |
|
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 19.
Criminal aliens from 19 identified countries have harmed or victimized Marion County residents.
Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 178 of 207 criminal aliens from Marion County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 85.99 percent of the county’s alien inmates in the state’s prisons.
The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 207 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of Marion County in the DOC prison system.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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Country |
Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Marion County by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons |
Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Marion County in DOC Prisons |
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Mexico |
178 |
85.99% |
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Russia |
4 |
1.93% |
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Federated States of Micronesia |
4 |
1.93% |
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Guatemala |
3 |
1.45% |
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Marshal Islands |
2 |
0.97% |
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Other Countries |
16 |
7.73% |
|
Total |
207 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 October 19.
David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to Oregon state, county and city governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the state. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
