Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in May 2017

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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On May 1, 2017 Oregon’s Marion County had 231 of the 962 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 23.84 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 231 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration 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

50

21.65%

Rape

48

20.78%

Sodomy

32

13.85%

Homicide

22

9.52%

Assault

16

6.93%

Robbery

11

4.76%

Kidnapping

10

4.33%

Drugs

9

3.90%

Theft

6

2.60%

Burglary

4

1.73%

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

21

9.09%

Total

231

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

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

197

50

25.38%

Rape

170

48

28.24%

Homicide

136

22

16.18%

Drugs

107

9

8.41%

Sodomy

94

32

34.04%

Assault

82

16

19.51%

Robbery

54

11

20.37%

Kidnapping

27

10

37.04%

Burglary

20

4

20.00%

Theft

17

6

35.29%

Driving Offense

8

1

12.50%

Vehicle Theft

4

1

25.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

53

21

39.62%

Total

969

231

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 231 criminal aliens with ICE immigration detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents 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

202

87.45%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.30%

Cambodia

2

0.87%

El Salvador

2

0.87%

Marshall Islands

2

0.87%

Russia

2

0.87%

Vietnam

2

0.87%

Other Countries

16

6.93%

Total

231

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 17.

Criminal aliens from 21 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Marion County.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to state, county and city governmental officials in Marion County to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the county. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com or at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/

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