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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
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On July 1, 2018 Oregon’s Marion County had 229 of the 943 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 24.28 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 229 criminal aliens incarcerated on July 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

53

23.14%

Rape

48

20.96%

Sodomy

33

14.41%

Homicide

24

10.48%

Assault

17

7.42%

Kidnapping

10

4.37%

Robbery

8

3.49%

Drugs

6

2.62%

Burglary

5

2.18%

Vehicle Theft

3

1.31%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

22

9.61%

Total

229

100.00%

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

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

201

53

26.37%

Rape

172

48

27.91%

Homicide

136

24

17.65%

Sodomy

101

33

32.67%

Drugs

91

6

6.59%

Assault

72

17

23.61%

Robbery

49

8

16.33%

Kidnapping

24

10

41.67%

Burglary

21

5

23.81%

Theft

13

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

6

3

50.00%

Driving Offense

3

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

53

22

41.51%

Total

943

229

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 229 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

203

88.65%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.31%

Russia

3

1.31%

Cambodia

2

0.87%

El Salvador

2

0.87%

Guatemala

2

0.87%

Other Countries

14

6.11%

Total

229

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 July 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@yahoo.com. His past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.