Oregon's Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in April 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Saturday, June 2, 2018
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On April 1, 2018 Oregon’s Washington County had 206 of the 970 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 21.24 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 206 criminal aliens incarcerated on April 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

48

23.30%

Rape

43

20.87%

Drugs

22

10.68%

Homicide

22

10.68%

Sodomy

22

10.68%

Assault

18

8.74%

Robbery

13

6.31%

Theft

5

2.43%

Burglary

4

1.94%

Kidnapping

2

0.97%

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

4

1.94%

Total

206

100.00%

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

 

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE Detainer numbers from April 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

202

48

23.76%

Rape

173

43

24.86%

Homicide

138

22

15.94%

Sodomy

103

22

21.36%

Drugs

98

22

22.45%

Assault

76

18

23.68%

Robbery

52

13

25.00%

Kidnapping

24

2

8.33%

Burglary

20

4

20.00%

Theft

15

5

33.33%

Vehicle Theft

6

1

16.67%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Escape

1

1

100.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

57

4

7.02%

Total

970

206

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 206 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 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

157

76.21%

Guatemala

11

5.34%

Cuba

6

2.91%

EL Salvador

5

2.43%

Honduras

3

1.46%

Philippines

2

0.97%

Ukraine

2

0.97%

Other Countries

20

9.71%

Total

206

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 26 different countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.

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 followed by @ yahoo.com . His past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.