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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, December 17, 2017
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On November 1, 2017 Oregon’s Marion County had 234 of the 978 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 23.93 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 234 criminal aliens incarcerated on November 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

51

21.79%

Rape

50

21.37%

Sodomy

33

14.10%

Homicide

22

9.40%

Assault

18

7.69%

Kidnapping

10

4.27%

Robbery

8

3.42%

Burglary

7

2.99%

Drugs

7

2.99%

Theft

4

1.71%

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

22

9.40%

Total

234

100.00%

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

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

51

25.37%

Rape

176

50

28.41%

Homicide

137

22

16.06%

Drugs

103

7

6.80%

Sodomy

100

33

33.00%

Assault

75

18

24.00%

Robbery

50

8

16.00%

Kidnapping

25

10

40.00%

Burglary

23

7

30.43%

Theft

17

4

23.53%

Driving Offense

8

1

12.50%

Vehicle Theft

4

1

25.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

57

22

38.60%

Total

978

234

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 234 criminal aliens with ICE immigration 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

205

87.61%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.28%

Russia

3

1.28%

Vietnam

3

1.28%

Cambodia

2

0.85%

El Salvador

2

0.85%

Marshall Islands

2

0.85%

Other Countries

14

5.98%

Total

234

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 20 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 Oregon 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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