Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Homicide Report September 2019

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Sunday, October 27, 2019
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Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 that 127 of the 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter) � 14.70 percent of the criminal alien prisonn population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for homicidal crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents killed by alien homicidal violence).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

September 1, 2019

864

127

14.70%

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

Criminal aliens incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one crime of homicidal violence in 22 of 36 Oregon counties � 66.11 percent of the counties in the state.

Seven Oregon counties, Multnomah (31 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Marion (24 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Washington (20 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Umatilla (9 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Clackamas (7 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Lane (6 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes) and Jackson (5 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes) had 102 of 127 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for homicidal violence � 80.31 percent of the alien inmatess in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates incarcerated on September 1st that were sent to prison from the state’s 36 counties for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

Multnomah

31

24.41%

Marion

24

18.90%

Washington

20

15.75%

Umatilla

9

7.09%

Clackamas

7

5.51%

Lane

6

4.72%

Jackson

5

3.94%

Klamath

3

2.36%

Linn

3

2.36%

Yamhill

3

2.36%

Benton

2

1.57%

Lincoln

2

1.57%

Polk

2

1.57%

Clatsop

1

0.79%

Deschutes

1

0.79%

Douglas

1

0.79%

Gilliam

1

0.79%

Hood River

1

0.79%

Jefferson

1

0.79%

Josephine

1

0.79%

Malheur

1

0.79%

OOS (Not a County)

1

0.79%

Tillamook

1

0.79%

Baker

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Coos

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Union

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wasco

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Total

127

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 21 different countries have committed homicidal violence against Oregon residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 97 of 127 criminal aliens convicted of homicidal crimes incarcerated in the DOC prison system � 76.38 percent of the alien inmates in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 127 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

Mexico

97

76.38%

Cuba

4

3.15%

Canada

3

2.36%

Vietnam

3

2.36%

Cambodia

2

1.57%

Laos

2

1.57%

South Korea

2

1.57%

Colombia

1

0.79%

Costa Rica

1

0.79%

El Salvador

1

0.79%

Guatemala

1

0.79%

Honduras

1

0.79%

Japan

1

0.79%