Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in February 2019

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
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On February 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 189 of the 913 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 20.70 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 189 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

Rape

45

23.81%

Sex Abuse

45

23.81%

Homicide

21

11.11%

Assault

20

10.58%

Sodomy

20

10.58%

Drugs

13

6.88%

Robbery

10

5.29%

Burglary

8

4.23%

Kidnapping

2

1.06%

Theft

2

1.06%

Driving Offense

1

0.53%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

1.06%

Total

189

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 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.
 

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

190

45

23.68%

Rape

170

45

26.47%

Homicide

132

21

15.91%

Sodomy

98

20

20.41%

Assault

79

20

25.32%

Drugs

77

13

16.88%

Robbery

43

10

23.26%

Kidnapping

27

2

7.41%

Burglary

22

8

36.36%

Theft

15

2

13.33%

Vehicle Theft

4

0

0.00%

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

2

3.92%

Total

913

189

 

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

Criminal aliens from 24 identified countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 146 of 189 criminal aliens from Washington County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 77.25 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 189 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Washington County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

146

77.25%

Guatemala

10

5.29%

EL Salvador

5

2.65%

Cuba

3

1.59%

Honduras

3

1.59%

Marshall Islands

2

1.06%

Ukraine

2

1.06%

Other Countries

18

9.52%

Total

189

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/.