Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in April 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article publisher: 
Oregonians for Immigration Reform
Article date: 
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Article category: 
Crime
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On April 1, 2018 Oregon’s Marion County had 237 of the 970 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 24.43 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 237 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 Marion County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

54

22.78%

Rape

49

20.68%

Sodomy

34

14.35%

Homicide

23

9.70%

Assault

19

8.02%

Kidnapping

10

4.22%

Robbery

9

3.80%

Drugs

7

2.95%

Burglary

5

2.11%

Vehicle Theft

2

0.84%

Driving Offense

1

0.42%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

24

10.13%

Total

237

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE Detainers 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 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

202

54

26.73%

Rape

173

49

28.32%

Homicide

138

23

16.67%

Sodomy

103

34

33.01%

Drugs

98

7

7.14%

Assault

76

19

25.00%

Robbery

52

9

17.31%

Kidnapping

24

10

41.67%

Burglary

20

5

25.00%

Theft

15

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

6

2

33.33%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

57

24

42.11%

Total

970

237

 

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 237 criminal aliens with ICE Detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of 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

211

89.03%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.27%

Russia

3

1.27%

Cambodia

2

0.84%

El Salvador

2

0.84%

Other Countries

16

6.75%

Total

237

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 18 different countries have harmed or victimized Marion 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 dot com. His past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.