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

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By David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, July 1, 2019
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On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 174 of the 910 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 19.12 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 174 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 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

34

19.54%

Sex Abuse

33

18.97%

Rape

24

13.79%

Drugs

19

10.92%

Robbery

17

9.77%

Sodomy

16

9.20%

Assault

15

8.62%

Kidnapping

9

5.17%

Theft

4

2.30%

Burglary

1

0.57%

Driving Offense

1

0.57%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.57%

Total

174

100.00%

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

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 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

183

33

18.03%

Rape

172

24

13.95%

Homicide

131

34

25.95%

Sodomy

100

16

16.00%

Assault

85

15

17.65%

Drugs

81

19

23.46%

Robbery

45

17

37.78%

Kidnapping

26

9

34.62%

Burglary

18

1

5.56%

Theft

16

4

25.00%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Vehicle Theft

2

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

47

1

2.13%

Total

910

174

 

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

Criminal aliens from 30 identified countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 115 of 174 criminal aliens from Multnomah County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 66.09 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 174 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

115

66.09%

Vietnam

10

5.75%

Cuba

9

5.17%

Guatemala

5

2.87%

Honduras

3

1.72%

Ukraine

3

1.72%

Egypt

2

1.15%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

1.15%

Laos

2

1.15%

Russia

2

1.15%

Other Countries

21

12.07%

Total

174

100.00%

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

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/.