Oregon’s Clackamas County Fourth in Foreign National Crime in October 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, December 9, 2018
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On October 1, 2018 Oregon’s Clackamas County had 76 of the 919 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 8.27 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Clackamas County residents were harmed or victimized by the 76 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 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

18.42%

Sex Abuse

10

13.16%

Rape

9

11.84%

Homicide

7

9.21%

Sodomy

5

6.58%

Kidnapping

3

3.95%

Robbery

3

3.95%

Theft

3

3.95%

Assault

1

1.32%

Burglary

1

1.32%

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

20

26.32%

Total

76

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from October 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

191

10

5.24%

Rape

170

9

5.29%

Homicide

132

7

5.30%

Sodomy

100

5

5.00%

Drugs

82

14

17.07%

Assault

75

1

1.33%

Robbery

49

3

6.12%

Kidnapping

26

3

11.54%

Burglary

19

1

5.26%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Vehicle Theft

6

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

2

0

0.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

52

20

38.46%

Total

919

76

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 76 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

64

84.21%

Honduras

3

3.95%

Other Countries

9

11.84%

Total

76

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 11 different countries have harmed or victimized Clackamas 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@yahoo.com. His past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.