Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in March 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, May 7, 2018
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On March 1, 2018 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 196 of the 976 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 20.08 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 196 criminal aliens incarcerated on March 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

39

19.90%

Sex Abuse

32

16.33%

Drugs

30

15.31%

Rape

26

13.27%

Robbery

19

9.69%

Sodomy

17

8.67%

Assault

16

8.16%

Kidnapping

8

4.08%

Burglary

5

2.55%

Vehicle Theft

2

1.02%

Theft

1

0.51%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.51%

Total

196

100.00%

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

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

206

32

15.53%

Rape

175

26

14.86%

Homicide

137

39

28.47%

Sodomy

104

17

16.35%

Drugs

98

30

30.61%

Assault

74

16

21.62%

Robbery

52

19

36.54%

Kidnapping

25

8

32.00%

Burglary

21

5

23.81%

Theft

13

1

7.69%

Vehicle Theft

6

2

33.33%

Driving Offense

4

0

0.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

59

1

1.69%

Total

976

196

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 196 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Multnomah County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

130

66.33%

Vietnam

11

5.61%

Cuba

9

4.59%

Federated States of Micronesia

4

2.04%

Guatemala

4

2.04%

Honduras

4

2.04%

Laos

3

1.53%

Egypt

2

1.02%

EL Salvador

2

1.02%

Russia

2

1.02%

Ukraine

2

1.02%

Other Countries

23

11.73%

Total

196

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 33 different countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah 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/.