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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report December 2019
By David Olen Cross
January 8, 2020
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nations boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in...

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Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
January 6, 2020
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border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

On November 1, 2019 Oregon’s Marion County had 208 of the 851 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 24.44 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 208 criminal aliens incarcerated on November 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

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Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
January 5, 2020
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border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

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.
 

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Oregon’s Clackamas County Fourth in Foreign National Crime in November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
January 4, 2020
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

On November 1, 2019 Oregon’s Clackamas County had 62 of the 851 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was fourth in foreign national crime in the state with 7.29 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Clackamas County residents were harmed or victimized by the 62 criminal aliens incarcerated on November 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

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Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
January 4, 2020
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

On November 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 155 of the 851 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 18.21 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 155 criminal aliens incarcerated on November 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

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Administration looks to end birthright tourism
Preston Huennekens
Federation for Americam Immigration Reform
January 1, 2020
Tags:
crime, fraud, visas, legal immigration, anchor babies, government, citizenship

On January 21st, the Trump administration announced it would begin cracking down on the practice of birth tourism. A newly published rule directs consular employees at the State Department to deny tourist visas to pregnant women who have no legitimate reason for visiting the United States other than to give birth. 

Birth tourism is a booming underground industry in the United States due to our current interpretation of birthright citizenship. Federal agents arrested three people last year in California for operating a multimillion-dollar birth tourism business. These businesses...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
December 31, 2019
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on November 1, 2019 revealed that 61 of the 851 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes � 7..17 percent of the criminal alien prison population.

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainernumbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates in the DOC prison system along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on November 1st in the state’s prisons for drug...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report November 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
December 30, 2019
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, Oregon legislation

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on November 1, 2019 that 454 of 851 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for three types of sex crimes — sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 53.35 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sex crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by alien sex abuse, rape and sodomy.).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers,...

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The Impact of Legal and Illegal Immigration on the Apportionment of Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020
Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler
Cener for Immigration Studies
December 19, 2019
Tags:
environment, population, immigration, legislature, Congress, government, citizenship, Congress, Constitution

Under current policy all persons — not just citizens — are included in the population count when apportioning seats to states in the U.S. House of Representatives and for votes in the Electoral College, which is based on House seats. Although we focus on the next census in 2020, the impact of immigration has been building for decades as the number of people settling in the country has increased dramatically. This report examines the cumulative impact of immigration, both legal and illegal, on the apportionment of House seats; this is not an analysis of the impact of immigration only since...

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House passes farm bill that critics say grants 'large-scale amnesty' to illegal immigrants
Adam Shaw
FOX News
December 11, 2019
Tags:
economy, jobs, growth, enforcement, visas, illegal immigration, cost, Congress, national legislation

The House on Wednesday passed a contentious agricultural bill that would likely put more than a million illegal immigrants on a pathway to legal status as part of what supporters say is a vital modernization of the industry’s workforce -- but that immigration hawks blasted as a “large-scale amnesty.”

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed 260-165, with support from both Democrats and Republicans. The bill provides a process for undocumented farmworkers to seek a temporary five-and-a-half-year “Certified Agricultural Worker” status if they...

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