Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in February 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, April 9, 2018
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On February 1, 2018 Oregon’s Washington County had 205 of the 975 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was second in foreign national crime in the state with 21.03 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 205 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 Washington County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

50

24.39%

Rape

46

22.44%

Homicide

22

10.73%

Drugs

21

10.24%

Sodomy

21

10.24%

Assault

17

8.29%

Robbery

11

5.37%

Burglary

4

1.95%

Theft

4

1.95%

Kidnapping

3

1.46%

Driving Offense

1

0.49%

Escape

1

0.49%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.49%

Arson

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

3

1.46%

Total

205

100.00%

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

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 Washington 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

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 Washington County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

203

50

24.63%

Rape

177

46

25.99%

Homicide

137

22

16.06%

Sodomy

101

21

20.79%

Drugs

100

21

21.00%

Assault

73

17

23.29%

Robbery

53

11

20.75%

Kidnapping

25

3

12.00%

Burglary

21

4

19.05%

Theft

15

4

26.67%

Vehicle Theft

5

1

20.00%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Escape

1

1

100.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

59

3

5.08%

Total

975

205

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 205 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Washington County in the DOC prison system.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

159

77.56%

Guatemala

11

5.37%

Cuba

5

2.44%

EL Salvador

3

1.46%

Honduras

3

1.46%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

0.98%

Philippines

2

0.98%

Other Countries

20

9.76%

Total

205

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 26 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington 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/.