Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in January 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, February 26, 2018
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On January 1, 2018 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 202 of the 967 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 20.89 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 202 criminal aliens incarcerated on January 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

39

19.31%

Drugs

33

16.34%

Sex Abuse

32

15.84%

Rape

26

12.87%

Robbery

21

10.40%

Sodomy

17

8.42%

Assault

15

7.43%

Kidnapping

8

3.96%

Burglary

6

2.97%

Vehicle Theft

2

0.99%

Theft

1

0.50%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

0.99%

Total

202

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 January 18.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from January 1st, the total number 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

199

32

16.08%

Rape

176

26

14.77%

Homicide

137

39

28.47%

Sodomy

100

17

17.00%

Drugs

97

33

34.02%

Assault

74

15

20.27%

Robbery

52

21

40.38%

Kidnapping

26

8

30.77%

Burglary

23

6

26.09%

Theft

14

1

7.14%

Driving Offense

5

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

5

2

40.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

57

2

3.51%

Total

967

202

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 January 18.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 202 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 Country by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

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

Mexico

133

65.84%

Vietnam

11

5.45%

Cuba

8

3.96%

Honduras

5

2.48%

Federated States of Micronesia

4

1.98%

Guatemala

4

1.98%

Russia

4

1.98%

Laos

3

1.49%

Egypt

2

0.99%

EL Salvador

2

0.99%

England

2

0.99%

Ukraine

2

0.99%

Other Countries

22

10.89%

Total

202

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 January 18.

Criminal aliens from 33 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Multnomah County.

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/.