Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in February 2019

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, April 1, 2019
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On February 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 171 of the 913 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 18.73 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 171 criminal aliens incarcerated on February 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Homicide

35

20.47%

Sex Abuse

33

19.30%

Rape

24

14.04%

Drugs

16

9.36%

Sodomy

16

9.36%

Assault

14

8.19%

Robbery

14

8.19%

Kidnapping

10

5.85%

Theft

4

2.34%

Vehicle Theft

2

1.17%

Burglary

1

0.58%

Driving Offense

1

0.58%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.58%

Total

171

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 February 19.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from February 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 Multnomah County in DOC prisons by type of crime and the percentage of those alien inmates who were from the county by type of crime.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Sex Abuse

190

33

17.37%

Rape

170

24

14.12%

Homicide

132

35

26.52%

Sodomy

98

16

16.33%

Assault

79

14

17.72%

Drugs

77

16

20.78%

Robbery

43

14

32.56%

Kidnapping

27

10

37.04%

Burglary

22

1

4.55%

Theft

15

4

26.67%

Vehicle Theft

4

2

50.00%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

51

1

1.96%

Total

913

171

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 February 19.

Criminal aliens from 28 identified countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 114 of 171 criminal aliens from Multnomah County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 66.67 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 171 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Multnomah County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Multnomah County by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Multnomah County in DOC Prisons

Mexico

114

66.67%

Vietnam

10

5.85%

Cuba

8

4.68%

Guatemala

6

3.51%

Laos

3

1.75%

Ukraine

3

1.75%

Egypt

2

1.17%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

1.17%

Honduras

2

1.17%

Russia

2

1.17%

Other Countries

19

11.11%

Total

171

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 February 19.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is 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 past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.