Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in August 2019

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Saturday, September 28, 2019
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On August 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 166 of the 880 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was third in foreign national crime in the state with 18.86 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 166 criminal aliens incarcerated on August 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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

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

Homicide

33

19.88%

Sex Abuse

32

19.28%

Rape

24

14.46%

Drugs

17

10.24%

Robbery

16

9.64%

Sodomy

16

9.64%

Assault

14

8.43%

Kidnapping

8

4.82%

Theft

4

2.41%

Burglary

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

1

0.60%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.60%

Total

166

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 19.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from August 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 Multnomah 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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

180

32

17.78%

Rape

168

24

14.29%

Homicide

131

33

25.19%

Sodomy

102

16

15.69%

Assault

80

14

17.50%

Drugs

71

17

23.94%

Robbery

42

16

38.10%

Kidnapping

25

8

32.00%

Burglary

17

0

0.00%

Theft

15

4

26.67%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Vehicle Theft

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

44

1

2.27%

Total

880

166

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 19.

Criminal aliens from 27 identified countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 111 of 166 criminal aliens from Multnomah County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 66.87 percent of the county’s alien inmates in the state’s prisons.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 166 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of Multnomah County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Multnomah County by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Multnomah County in DOC Prisons

Mexico

111

66.87%

Vietnam

10

6.02%

Cuba

9

5.42%

Guatemala

5

3.01%

Honduras

3

1.81%

Ukraine

3

1.81%

Egypt

2

1.20%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

1.20%

Laos

2

1.20%

Russia

2

1.20%

Other Countries

17

10.24%

Total

166

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 August 19.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a 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 current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.