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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, December 9, 2018
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On October 1, 2018 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 182 of the 919 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 19.80 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 182 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 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

36

19.78%

Sex Abuse

33

18.13%

Rape

25

13.74%

Drugs

20

10.99%

Robbery

18

9.89%

Sodomy

16

8.79%

Assault

15

8.24%

Kidnapping

10

5.49%

Burglary

3

1.65%

Theft

3

1.65%

Vehicle Theft

2

1.10%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.55%

Total

182

100.00%

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

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 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

191

33

17.28%

Rape

170

25

14.71%

Homicide

132

36

27.27%

Sodomy

100

16

16.00%

Drugs

82

20

24.39%

Assault

75

15

20.00%

Robbery

49

18

36.73%

Kidnapping

26

10

38.46%

Burglary

19

3

15.79%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Vehicle Theft

6

2

33.33%

Driving Offense

2

0

0.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

52

1

1.92%

Total

919

182

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 182 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

122

67.03%

Vietnam

10

5.49%

Cuba

9

4.95%

Guatemala

6

3.30%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.65%

Laos

3

1.65%

Egypt

2

1.10%

EL Salvador

2

1.10%

Russia

2

1.10%

Ukraine

2

1.10%

Other Countries

21

11.54%

Total

182

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 30 different countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

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/.