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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Friday, March 9, 2018
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On January 1, 2018 Oregon’s Marion County had 233 of the 967 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 24.10 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 233 criminal aliens incarcerated on January 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

                                 51

21.89%

Rape

50

21.46%

Sodomy

33

14.16%

Homicide

23

9.87%

Assault

17

7.30%

Kidnapping

10

4.29%

Robbery

8

3.43%

Burglary

6

2.58%

Drugs

6

2.58%

Theft

3

1.29%

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

24

10.30%

Total

233

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from January 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.
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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

199

51

25.63%

Rape

176

50

28.41%

Homicide

137

23

16.79%

Sodomy

100

33

33.00%

Drugs

97

6

6.19%

Assault

74

17

22.97%

Robbery

52

8

15.38%

Kidnapping

26

10

38.46%

Burglary

23

6

26.09%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Driving Offense

5

1

20.00%

Vehicle Theft

5

1

20.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

57

24

42.11%

Total

967

233

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 233 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

206

88.41%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.29%

Russia

3

1.29%

Cambodia

2

0.86%

El Salvador

2

0.86%

Marshall Islands

2

0.86%

Other Countries

15

6.44%

Total

233

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 19 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Marion County.

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/.