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

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Sunday, January 5, 2020
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On November 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 187 of the 851 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 21.97 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 187 criminal aliens incarcerated on November 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

46

24.60%

Sex Abuse

46

24.60%

Assault

24

12.83%

Sodomy

22

11.76%

Homicide

20

10.70%

Drugs

10

5.35%

Robbery

9

4.81%

Burglary

5

2.67%

Theft

2

1.07%

Kidnapping

1

0.53%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

1.07%

Total

187

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from November 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

181

46

25.41%

Rape

169

46

27.22%

Homicide

124

20

16.13%

Sodomy

104

22

21.15%

Assault

80

24

30.00%

Drugs

61

10

16.39%

Robbery

39

9

23.08%

Kidnapping

26

1

3.85%

Burglary

12

5

41.67%

Theft

11

2

18.18%

Driving Offense

3

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

40

2

5.00%

Total

851

187

 

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

Criminal aliens from 25 identified countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 146 of 187 criminal aliens from Washington County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 78.07 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 187 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of 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

78.07%

Guatemala

10

5.35%

EL Salvador

5

2.67%

Cuba

3

1.60%

Honduras

3

1.60%

Other Countries

20

10.70%

Total

187

100.00%

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

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