Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in September 2019
On September 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 185 of the 864 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 21.41 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.
The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 185 criminal aliens incarcerated on September 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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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 |
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Rape |
46 |
24.86% |
|
Sex Abuse |
44 |
23.78% |
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Sodomy |
23 |
12.43% |
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Assault |
22 |
11.89% |
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Homicide |
20 |
10.81% |
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Drugs |
10 |
5.41% |
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Robbery |
9 |
4.86% |
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Burglary |
5 |
2.70% |
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Theft |
2 |
1.08% |
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Driving Offense |
1 |
0.54% |
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Kidnapping |
1 |
0.54% |
|
Arson |
0 |
0.00% |
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Escape |
0 |
0.00% |
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Forgery |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Vehicle Theft |
0 |
0.00% |
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Other / Combination Crimes |
2 |
1.08% |
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Total |
185 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19.
This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from September 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 |
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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 |
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Sex Abuse |
181 |
44 |
24.31% |
|
Rape |
168 |
46 |
27.38% |
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Homicide |
127 |
20 |
15.75% |
|
Sodomy |
105 |
23 |
21.90% |
|
Assault |
77 |
22 |
28.57% |
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Drugs |
67 |
10 |
14.93% |
|
Robbery |
41 |
9 |
21.95% |
|
Kidnapping |
25 |
1 |
4.00% |
|
Burglary |
15 |
5 |
33.33% |
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Theft |
11 |
2 |
18.18% |
|
Driving Offense |
4 |
1 |
25.00% |
|
Vehicle Theft |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Arson |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Escape |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Forgery |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Other / Comb. Crimes |
42 |
2 |
4.76% |
|
Total |
864 |
185 |
|
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19.
Criminal aliens from 23 identified countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.
Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 146 of 185 criminal aliens from Washington County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 78.92 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 185 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington County in the DOC prison system.
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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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 |
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Mexico |
146 |
78.92% |
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Guatemala |
10 |
5.41% |
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EL Salvador |
5 |
2.70% |
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Cuba |
3 |
1.62% |
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Honduras |
3 |
1.62% |
|
Other Countries |
18 |
9.73% |
|
Total |
185 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 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/.
