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Oregon House votes to expand privacy for undocumented immigrants

A bill that would limit the assistance of schools, courts and other public agencies in federal immigration enforcement passed the Oregon House of Representatives Tuesday.

Under the bill, public institutions would be prohibited from disclosing personal information such as a workplace or phone number to federal immigration authorities unless that disclosure is required by federal law.

The bill was introduced by Reps. Teresa Alonso Leon, D-Woodburn, and Diego Hernandez, D-Portland, and passed 35-23 along party lines...

Alonso Leon and Hernandez, along with 26 House and seven Senate Democrats...wish to increase privacy for immigrants "in response to recent Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raids throughout the state," according to a news release by House Democrats...

The bill would also prohibit public agencies from collecting information about a person's immigration status...

A statement from House Republicans called the bill "an attempt to subvert federal immigration policy."

"This bill would make it nearly impossible for state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and would allow even individuals who have been convicted of serious crimes to escape immigration enforcement," Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany, said in a statement.

During the House session, Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, read a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement representative Melissa Nitsch, who said the agency "does not conduct raids, sweeps, or checkpoints, or conduct random enforcement activity," but rather does "targeted, lead-driven enforcement" on individuals the agency deems a threat to public safety.

As a sanctuary state, Oregon already prohibits the use of state and local resources in federal immigration enforcement if a person's only crime is being in the country illegally... Read more about Oregon House votes to expand privacy for undocumented immigrants

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Trump scraps Obama policy that protected immigrant parents from deportation

An Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from deportation has been formally cancelled, fulfilling a key campaign promise from President Trump, the Homeland Security Department announced late Thursday.

Homeland Security John Kelly formally revoked a policy memo that created the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program...

The program to protect parents was announced by President Obama in November 2014 but was never fully launched because it was blocked by a federal court, according to Reuters.

It was intended to keep the immigrant parents safe from deportation and provide them with a renewable work permit good for two years, but it was blocked by a federal judge in Texas...

Republicans decried the effort as “backdoor amnesty” and argued that Obama overstepped his authority...

The protection program for parents, like the one for young immigrants, was created with a policy memo during the Obama administration...

Revoking the memo and ending the stalled program fulfill a key campaign promise by Trump....

...As of March 31, about 787,000 young immigrants have been approved for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to government data.

Arrests of immigrants in the interior of the country have increased under the Trump administration, but deportations are slightly down as fewer people have been caught crossing the Mexican border into the United States illegally.

Trump has made immigration enforcement a top priority and has vowed to continue a crackdown...

Reuters reported that Trump previously said that his administration was considering different options.

“They shouldn’t be very worried,” Trump told ABC News in January, referring to DACA recipients. “I do have a big heart.

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Next OFIR meeting - Saturday, June 24 at 2:00pm

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June 15, 2017

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Mark your calendar and invite a friend to join you Saturday, June 24th at 2:00pm for OFIR's next meeting at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn, across from Costco in Salem, OR.

Things are heating up in the Oregon Legislature as time is running short and so many things are yet unresolved. OFIR has invited Representatives Greg Barreto and Mike Nearman to join us. Your questions are welcome and encouraged as time allows!

Initiative Petition #22 - to overturn Oregon's Sanctuary Statute ORS 181A.820 is now in the hands of the Attorney General, awaiting a ballot title. Perhaps by meeting day, we will have a ballot title.

OFIR has been closely monitoring HB 3464 and it's particularly troubling legislation. Read the press release. The bill has now advanced to the House Floor and OFIR members are encouraged to phone or email their Representatives and encourage them to vote no on this terrible bill.

As usual, our agenda is packed with the most up-to-date information regarding recent immigration issues here in Oregon and across the country.

No apologies: ICE chief says illegal immigrants should live in fear of deportation

Illegal immigrants should be living in fear of being deported, the chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday, pushing back against a growing sentiment among Democrats on Capitol Hill and activists across the country who have complained about agents enforcing the laws on the books.

Thomas D. Homan, acting director at ICE, said anyone in the country without authorization can be arrested and those who have been ordered deported by judges must be removed if laws are to have meaning.

His comments marked a major shift for an agency that President Obama forbade from enforcing the law when it came to more than 9 million of the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. Unshackled from Mr. Obama's strictures, agents have dramatically increased the number of arrests.

Advocacy groups are enraged and demand leniency for traumatized immigrants.

Mr. Homan makes no apologies. "If you're in this country illegally and you committed a crime by being in this country, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder. You need to be worried, Mr. Homan testified to the House Appropriations Committee. No population is off the table."

The Trump administration is asking for significant boosts in spending for both border and interior enforcement, but it is meeting resistance from Democrats who oppose a crackdown. Democrats will not accept a penny of funding for a new deportation force or a border wall,â€ said Rep. Nita M. Lowey of New York, the ranking Democrat on the committee.

Border Patrol acting Chief Carla Provost defended the 74 miles of fencing that President Trump wants to erect next year, saying the wall will plug holes where illegal activity is still a problem in San Diego and parts of Texas.

She said the southwestern border is at medium risk of penetration and needs the wall to assist. She said construction on the 74 miles would start in either March or April.

Mr. Homan, meanwhile, said he needs a major infusion of detention beds to hold the larger population of illegal immigrants, now that his agents have been unshackled from the restrictions under Mr. Obama.

He said the number of countries refusing to take back their deportees has been cut in half, while the number of jurisdictions looking to have their police and sheriff's deputies trained to process illegal immigrants in their jails has nearly doubled and will likely triple by the end of the year.

In addition, some 400,000 illegal immigrants ordered removed by judges but who were ignored under the Obama administration are now back on the list of priorities.

All of that means more illegal immigrants to be detained in preparation for deportation.

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland Democrat, told Mr. Homan not to try deporting drunken drivers. DWI or traffic is not really considered to be the type of people that are hurting our country, he said.

Mr. Homan, though, said drunken driving sounds like a public safety risk. "They should be removed," he said.

Mr. Homan said anyone in the country without authorization is a target for enforcement. "We shouldn't wait for them to become a criminal," he said.

That angered immigrant rights advocates, who said it showed antipathy toward illegal immigrants.

"Wow. How revealing," said Frank Sharry, executive director at America's Voice. "Homan makes it clear that the ICE strategy is to indiscriminately target the entire undocumented population in America and to intentionally spread fear throughout millions of deeply rooted families." He called Mr. Homan's testimony extremist.

Mr. Homan pushed back against such criticism. He said his agents are enforcing the laws as written and no other branch of law enforcement faces the abusive questions his employees do.

He said the illegal immigrants deserve the blame for separating families. When a U.S. citizen commits a crime and goes to jail, he said, the police who catch him aren't blamed for keeping him from his family.

Mr. Homan said the increased risk of enforcement is part of the reason illegal immigration across the southwestern border is at its lowest level in decades.

Democrats, though, said his officers need to show more discretion.

Ms. Lowey raised the case of a 19-year-old man in New York who was arrested on the day of his high school prom, which she said sent the wrong signal.

She said the man had kept out of trouble and was arrested while waiting at a bus stop for school.

Mr. Homen defended the arrest as valid. He said the young man committed a crime when he sneaked across the border and ignored an immigration judge's order to be removed.

"He lost his case, and because we don't like the results of that case we forget about it?' Mr. Homan asked Ms. Lowey. "I don't know where else in the American justice system any other agency is told to ignore a judge's ruling."

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Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in May 2017

On May 1, 2017 Oregon’s Marion County had 231 of the 962 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was first in foreign national crime in the state with 23.84 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 231 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainers.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Crime	Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime	Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime
Sex Abuse	50	21.65%
Rape	48	20.78%
Sodomy	32	13.85%
Homicide	22	9.52%
Assault	16	6.93%
Robbery	11	4.76%
Kidnapping	10	4.33%
Drugs	9	3.90%
Theft	6	2.60%
Burglary	4	1.73%
Driving Offense	1	0.43%
Vehicle Theft	1	0.43%
Arson	0	0.00%
Escape	0	0.00%
Forgery	0	0.00%
Other / Combination Crimes	21	9.09%
Total	231	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from May 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 Marion 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 Marion County by Type of Crime	Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime
Sex Abuse	197	50	25.38%
Rape	170	48	28.24%
Homicide	136	22	16.18%
Drugs	107	9	8.41%
Sodomy	94	32	34.04%
Assault	82	16	19.51%
Robbery	54	11	20.37%
Kidnapping	27	10	37.04%
Burglary	20	4	20.00%
Theft	17	6	35.29%
Driving Offense	8	1	12.50%
Vehicle Theft	4	1	25.00%
Arson	0	0	0.00%
Forgery	0	0	0.00%
Escape	0	0	0.00%
Other / Combination Crimes	53	21	39.62%
Total	969	231

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 231 criminal aliens with ICE immigration detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Marion County in the DOC prison system.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Country	Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Marion Country by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons	Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Marion County in DOC Prisons
Mexico	202	87.45%
Federated States of Micronesia	3	1.30%
Cambodia	2	0.87%
El Salvador	2	0.87%
Marshall Islands	2	0.87%
Russia	2	0.87%
Vietnam	2	0.87%
Other Countries	16	6.93%
Total	231	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Criminal aliens from 21 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Marion County.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to state, county and city governmental officials in Marion County to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the county. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com or at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/

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HB 3464 -State Rep. Barreto explains why this legislation is bad for Oregon

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June 14, 2017

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OREGON: House Bill 3464 Issued by Barreto

Posted on June 12, 2017

Representative Greg Barreto has issued a statement on House Bill 3464, The Governors sanctuary state bill. That statement can be viewed below.

House Bill 3464, the Governor’s sanctuary state bill, had a public hearing in the House Committee on Rules. Our office has received numerous calls and emails from constituents opposing this bill, and I want to shed some light on my position, where we are in this process, and what you can do to help.

HB 3464 came about based on the Governor and other Democrat leaders’ desire to oppose federal immigration laws. As President Trump seeks to regain control over lax immigration policy, Oregon leaders have used it as an opportunity to bolster the liberal agenda by using appeals to emotion and fear about deportation in Oregon, effectively creating an environment where being in favor of immigration reform and enforcement is equated to bigotry and racial prejudice.

The mistruth of that narrative is sort of insignificant in the climate we live in here in Oregon. Daily we see emotionally driven narratives fly out of Democrat offices and they are spread as truth, and any argument against is considered uninformed or hateful. Unfortunately, these so called “truths” are often very effective calls to action.

For example, late last week our office received a press release from the House Majority (Democrat) Office about the upcoming hearing on HB 3464. In the press release it said, “the increase of ICE raids and deportations in Oregon has created an environment of fear in communities throughout the state.” We requested a list of sources from the House Majority Office to verify that fact. We received a list of five links to articles about ICE activity in Oregon and throughout the US. It was interesting to go through the articles. Many talked about increased fear, most referenced national ICE activity, and two talked specifically about the well-known Woodburn case. There was not a single article with statistics related to increased ICE activity specific to Oregon, and the statistics we’ve found point to a decrease in deportations this year. But it is loose claims like this that, regardless of verifiability, that get people mobilized.

Last night at the hearing on HB 3464, the Governor used Japanese internment camps to advocate on behalf of this bill. The rhetoric of using a horrifying piece of United States history to advance a bill that would hinder our state from enforcing federal immigration laws would lead folks to believe that those who oppose the bill are bigoted and hateful when in fact they simply have a high regard of the rule of law. This is an unsound argument and a gross misuse of strategy in continuing to push their inflammatory agenda.

Our office has received an overwhelming number of calls and emails from constituents in opposition to this bill. I also stand in opposition to this bill, and will not be falsely shamed into voting for a bill against my values, and those constituent concerns when bills like this are undermining federal law. Without a doubt, this issue has been neglected and undealt with and there have been decades of lack of action, but that does not mean that current law should be ignored or subverted when we now have an interest at a national level in addressing the problem and working towards a solution.

The rules committee adjourned last night after testimony both in favor and against HB 3464. The committee will not vote on this bill until a work session is held, and it has not yet been scheduled. I would encourage all of you to continue to reach out to legislators on the Rules committee, the Governor, and the Attorney General and voice your opposition of this bill. My vote alone does not express nearly what your calls and emails can, and they need to hear from all of you.

http://www.myeasternoregon.com/2017/06/12/oregon-house-bill-3464-issued-by-barreto/

Oregon’s Washington County Third in Foreign National Crime in May 2017

On May 1, 2017 Oregon’s Washington County had 193 of the 969 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was third in foreign national crime in the state with 19.92 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 193 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration 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	49	25.39%
Rape	40	20.73%
Assault	22	11.40%
Homicide	21	10.88%
Sodomy	18	9.33%
Drugs	16	8.29%
Robbery	11	5.70%
Burglary	5	2.59%
Kidnapping	4	2.07%
Driving Offense	2	1.04%
Theft	1	0.52%
Arson	0	0.00%
Escape	0	0.00%
Forgery	0	0.00%
Vehicle Theft	0	0.00%
Other / Combination Crimes	4	2.07%
Total	193	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from May 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	197	49	24.87%
Rape	170	40	23.53%
Homicide	136	21	15.44%
Drugs	107	16	14.95%
Sodomy	94	18	19.15%
Assault	82	22	26.83%
Robbery	54	11	20.37%
Kidnapping	27	4	14.81%
Burglary	20	5	25.00%
Theft	17	1	5.88%
Driving Offense	8	2	25.00%
Vehicle Theft	4	0	0.00%
Arson	0	0	0.00%
Forgery	0	0	0.00%
Escape	0	0	0.00%
Other / Combination Crimes	53	4	7.55%
Total	969	193

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 193 criminal aliens with ICE immigration 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	150	77.72%
Guatemala	9	4.66%
Cuba	3	1.55%
EL Salvador	3	1.55%
Federated States of Micronesia	3	1.55%
Honduras	3	1.55%
Marshall Islands	2	1.04%
Philippines	2	1.04%
Ukraine	2	1.04%
Other Countries	16	8.29%
Total	193	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Criminal aliens from 24 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington County.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to state, county and city governmental officials in Washington County to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the county. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com or at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/

https://docfnc.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/oregons-washington-county-third-in-foreign-national-crime-in-may-2017/

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Trump targets illegal immigrants who were given reprieves from deportation by Obama

In September 2014, Gilberto Velasquez, a 38-year-old house painter from El Salvador, received life-changing news: The U.S. government had decided to shelve its deportation action against him.

The move was part of a policy change initiated by then-President Barack Obama in 2011 to pull back from deporting immigrants who had formed deep ties in the United States and whom the government considered no threat to public safety...

Last month, things changed again for the painter, who has lived in the United States illegally since 2005 and has a U.S.-born child. He received news that the government wanted to put his deportation case back on the court calendar...

The Trump administration has moved to reopen the cases of hundreds of illegal immigrants...

Trump signaled in January that he planned to dramatically widen the net of illegal immigrants targeted for deportation, but his administration has not publicized its efforts to reopen immigration cases.

It represents one of the first concrete examples of the crackdown promised by Trump and is likely to stir fears among tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who thought they were safe from deportation.

While cases were reopened during the Obama administration as well, it was generally only if an immigrant had committed a serious crime, immigration attorneys say. The Trump administration has sharply increased the number of cases it is asking the courts to reopen, and its targets appear to include at least some people who have not committed any crimes since their cases were closed.

Between March 1 and May 31, prosecutors moved to reopen 1,329 cases, according to a Reuters' analysis of data from the Executive Office of Immigration Review, or EOIR. The Obama administration filed 430 similar motions during the same period in 2016.

Jennifer Elzea, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed the agency was now filing motions with immigration courts to reopen cases where illegal immigrants had "since been arrested for or convicted of a crime."

It is not possible to tell from the EOIR data how many of the cases the Trump administration is seeking to reopen involve immigrants who committed crimes after their cases were closed.

Attorneys interviewed by Reuters say indeed some of the cases being reopened are because immigrants were arrested for serious crimes, but they are also seeing cases involving people who haven't committed crimes or who were cited for minor violations, like traffic tickets.

"This is a sea change, said attorney David Leopold, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association...

Elzea said the agency reviews cases, "to see if the basis for prosecutorial discretion is still appropriate."

POLICY SHIFTS

After Obama announced his shift toward targeting illegal immigrants who had committed serious crimes, prosecutors embraced their new discretion to close cases.

Between January 2012 and Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, the government shelved some 81,000 cases...

Trump signed an executive order overturning the Obama-era policy on Jan. 25. Under the new guidelines, while criminals remain the highest priority for deportation, anyone in the country illegally is a potential target...

In Velasquez's case, for example, he was cited for driving without a license in Tennessee, where illegal immigrants cannot get licenses, he said.

"I respect the law and just dedicate myself to my work," he said. "I don't understand why this is happening."

Motions to reopen closed cases have been filed in 32 states, with the highest numbers in California, Florida and Virginia...

(Reporting by Mica Rosenberg and Reade Levinson in New York; Additional reporting by Julia Edwards Ainsley in Washington; Editing by Sue Horton and Ross Colvin) Read more about Trump targets illegal immigrants who were given reprieves from deportation by Obama

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report May 2017

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) May 1, 2017 Inmate Population Profile indicated there were 14,691 inmates incarcerated in the DOC’s 14 prisons.

Data obtained from the DOC indicated that on May 1st there were 969 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the state’s prison system; more than one in every sixteen prisoners incarcerated by the state was a criminal alien, 6.60 percent of the total prison population.

Some background information, all 969 criminal aliens currently incarcerated in the DOC prison system were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal law enforcement agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If an inmate is identified by ICE as being a criminal alien, at the federal law enforcement agency’s request, DOC officials will place an “ICE detainer” on the inmate. After the inmate completes his/her state sanction, prison officials will transfer custody of the inmate to ICE.

Using DOC Inmate Population Profiles and ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number inmates, the number of domestic and criminal alien inmates along with the percentage of them with ICE detainers incarcerated on May 1st in the state’s prisons.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Month/Day/Year	DOC Total Inmates	DOC Domestic Inmates	DOC Inmates W/ICE detainers	DOC % Inmates W/ICE detainers
May 1, 2017	14,691	13,722	969	6.60%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17 and Inmate Population Profile 01 May 17.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
County	DOC Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers	DOC % Inmates W/ICE Detainers
Marion	231	23.84%
Multnomah	201	20.74%
Washington	193	19.92%
Clackamas	79	8.15%
Lane	44	4.54%
Jackson	33	3.41%
Umatilla	23	2.37%
Yamhill	23	2.37%
Benton	16	1.65%
Klamath	16	1.65%
Linn	16	1.65%
Deschutes	15	1.55%
Polk	15	1.55%
Malheur	11	1.14%
Lincoln	8	0.83%
Clatsop	5	0.52%
Jefferson	5	0.52%
Wasco	5	0.52%
Coos	4	0.41%
Josephine	4	0.41%
Columbia	3	0.31%
Douglas	3	0.31%
Hood River	3	0.31%
Tillamook	3	0.31%
Crook	2	0.21%
Morrow	2	0.21%
Union	2	0.21%
Gilliam	1	0.10%
Lake	1	0.10%
OOS	1	0.10%
Sherman	1	0.10%
Baker	0	0.00%
Curry	0	0.00%
Grant	0	0.00%
Harney	0	0.00%
Wallowa	0	0.00%
Wheeler	0	0.00%
Total	969	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Here are the ways Oregon residents were victimized by the 969 criminal aliens.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien prisoners incarcerated on May 1st by type of crime.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Crime	DOC Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers	DOC % Inmates W/ICE Detainers
Sex Abuse	197	20.33%
Rape	170	17.54%
Homicide	136	14.04%
Drugs	107	11.04%
Sodomy	94	9.70%
Assault	82	8.46%
Robbery	54	5.57%
Kidnapping	27	2.79%
Burglary	20	2.06%
Theft	17	1.75%
Driving Offense	8	0.83%
Vehicle Theft	4	0.41%
Arson	0	0.00%
Forgery	0	0.00%
Escape	0	0.00%
Other / Combination	53	5.47%
Total	969	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Using the DOC Inmate Population Profile and ICE detainer numbers from May 1st, the following table reveals the total number inmates by crime type, the number of domestic and criminal alien prisoners incarcerated by type of crime and the percentage of those crimes committed by criminal aliens.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Crime	DOC Total Inmates	DOC Domestic Inmates	DOC Inmates W/ICE Detainers	DOC % All Inmates W/ICE Detainers
Sex Abuse	1,756	1,559	197	11.22%
Rape	976	806	170	17.42%
Homicide	1,700	1,564	136	8.00%
Drugs	866	759	107	12.36%
Sodomy	1,014	920	94	9.27%
Assault	2,026	1,944	82	4.05%
Robbery	1,540	1,486	54	3.51%
Kidnapping	292	265	27	9.25%
Burglary	1,303	1,283	20	1.53%
Theft	1,115	1,098	17	1.52%
Driving Offense	217	209	8	3.69%
Vehicle Theft	480	476	4	0.83%
Arson	71	71	0	0.00%
Forgery	50	50	0	0.00%
Escape	34	34	0	0.00%
Other / Combination	1,251	1,198	53	4.24%
Total	14,691	13,722	969

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17 and Inmate Population Profile 01 May 17.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 969 criminal alien prisoners by number and percentage incarcerated on May 1st in the state’s prisons.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Country	DOC Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers	DOC % Inmates W/ICE Detainers
Mexico	777	80.19%
Guatemala	19	1.96%
Honduras	13	1.34%
Vietnam	13	1.34%
Cuba	12	1.24%
El Salvador	12	1.24%
Russia	9	0.93%
Federated States of Micronesia	7	0.72%
Ukraine	7	0.72%
Marshall Islands	5	0.52%
Cambodia	4	0.41%
China	4	0.41%
Laos	4	0.41%
Philippines	4	0.41%
Somalia	4	0.41%
Thailand	4	0.41%
Canada	3	0.31%
Other Countries	68	7.02%
Total	969	100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Beyond the DOC criminal alien incarceration numbers and incarceration percentages, per county and per crime type, or even country of origin, criminal aliens pose high economic cost on Oregonians.

An individual prisoner incarcerated in the DOC prison system costs the state approximately ($94.55) per day.

The DOC’s incarceration cost for its 969 criminal alien prison population is approximately ($91,618.95) per day, ($641,332.65) per week, and ($33,440,916.75) per year.

Even taking into account fiscal year 2016 U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) award of $1,788,075.00, if the State of Oregon receives the same amount of SCAAP funding for fiscal year 2017, the cost to incarcerate 969 criminal aliens to the DOC will be at least ($31,652,841.75).

None of preceding cost estimates for the DOC to incarcerate the 969 criminal aliens includes the dollar amount for legal services (indigent defense), language interpreters, court costs, or victim assistance.

Bibliography

Oregon Department of Corrections Population Profile May 1, 2017:
http://www.oregon.gov/doc/RESRCH/docs/inmate_profile_201705.pdf

Oregon Department of Corrections Population Profile (unpublished MS Excel workbook) titled Incarcerated Criminal Aliens Report dated May 1, 2017.

Oregon Department of Corrections Issue Brief Quick Facts IB-53, January, 2017:
http://www.oregon.gov/doc/OC/docs/pdf/IB-53-Quick%20Facts.pdf

U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), 2016 SCAAP award: https://www.bja.gov/funding/FY2016-SCAAP-Award-C.PDF

This 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. Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report May 2017

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Should illegal aliens be a "protected" class of people? The Governor seems to think so.

Alert date:

June 4, 2017

Alert body:

PRESS RELEASE

OREGON HOUSE DEMOCRATS

For Immediate Release For More Information, Contact:

May 31, 2017 Scott Moore: 503-986-1904

Legislators, Gov. Brown, and AG Rosenblum File Bill to Protect Privacy of Oregonians

HB 3464 limits information collection and increases privacy

in response to federal anti-immigration actions

SALEM—Responding to increasing concerns about aggressive federal anti-immigration actions, Reps. Teresa Alonso Leon (D-Woodburn) and Diego Hernandez (D-Portland) have filed a bill to strengthen privacy protections for vulnerable populations. HB 3464 was filed on behalf of Gov. Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.

“Our immigrant communities are living in fear,” says Rep. Alonso Leon. “I have heard from children who are afraid to go to school in the morning, because they aren’t sure if their parents will be home at the end of the day. I won’t stand for these inhumane immigration enforcement tactics that are tearing families apart—this bill is our chance to protect these communities.”

The increase of ICE raids and deportations in Oregon has created an environment of fear in communities throughout the state. Families all over Oregon have been torn apart, children left without fathers, mothers, and grandparents. People are even afraid to go to local shops, hurting small businesses.

“Now more than ever, we must stand together as Oregonians to guard against prejudice and discrimination,” Governor Brown said. “Oregon relies on a diverse workforce to support a growing economy, and we must ensure the civil rights of all Oregonians are protected and that the rule of law is respected.”

HB 3464 serves to strengthen—in line with state and federal laws—our state’s protections by changing the ways that public bodies are authorized to collect and share data with the federal government. It also requires the Attorney General to provide guidance to all public bodies as to how to interact with immigration enforcement activities, and encourages all public bodies to implement the guidance and or update their confidentiality policies.

“We have heard from school administrators, county judges, and other public bodies that they want and need guidance from the state on how to respond if ICE comes asking for information,” says Rep. Hernandez. “HB 3464 provides clarity and consistency for our public bodies, so a school principal knows how they can protect the private information of students and their families. Allies and community members are looking to the legislature to protect our immigrant neighbors from federal overreach.”

HB 3464:

Encourages all public bodies to adopt policies, for consistency and clarity statewide, on the collection of information and how to process requests of information by the federal government.
Provides guidance from the Attorney General to public bodies on these policies and complying with federal and state law.

“There is a lot of fear right now in our immigrant communities stemming from increasingly aggressive tactics by federal enforcement agencies. This impacts the entire community—families and businesses, schools, hospitals, courthouses, and other public facilities, as everyone struggles to understand their rights and responsibilities under the law. This bill is a way to help make sure our communities have clear guidance so they are in compliance with state and federal law. It is imperative that we take this important step to protect the rights of all Oregonians,” said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.

HB 3464 is expected to be referred to the House Rules Committee and should be scheduled for a public hearing shortly.

[To see this news release in pdf version as originally distributed, click here.]

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