Oregon’s Clackamas County Fourth in Foreign National Crime in March 2019

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By David Olen Cross
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Saturday, May 4, 2019
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On March 1, 2019 Oregon’s Clackamas County had 77 of the 901 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 8.55 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Clackamas County residents were harmed or victimized by the 77 criminal aliens incarcerated on March 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 Clackamas County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Clackamas County by Type of Crime

Drugs

14

18.18%

Rape

9

11.69%

Sex Abuse

9

11.69%

Homicide

7

9.09%

Sodomy

5

6.49%

Theft

5

6.49%

Robbery

4

5.19%

Kidnapping

3

3.90%

Assault

2

2.60%

Burglary

1

1.30%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

18

23.38%

Total

77

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from March 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 Clackamas 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 Clackamas County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Clackamas County by Type of Crime

Sex Abuse

184

9

4.89%

Rape

168

9

5.36%

Homicide

130

7

5.38%

Sodomy

98

5

5.10%

Assault

83

2

2.41%

Drugs

73

14

19.18%

Robbery

44

4

9.09%

Kidnapping

26

3

11.54%

Burglary

21

1

4.76%

Theft

16

5

31.25%

Driving Offense

4

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

3

0

0.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

50

18

36.00%

Total

901

77

 

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

Criminal aliens from 10 identified countries have harmed or victimized Clackamas County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 63 of 77 criminal aliens from Clackamas County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 81.82 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 77 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Clackamas County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Clackamas County by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Clackamas County in DOC Prisons

Mexico

63

81.82%

China

3

3.90%

Cuba

2

2.60%

Honduras

2

2.60%

Other Countries

7

9.09%

Total

77

100.00%

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

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