Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in October 2017

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By David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Friday, November 10, 2017
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On October 1, 2017 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 199 of the 971 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 20.49 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 199 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

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

Homicide

39

19.60%

Drugs

34

17.09%

Sex Abuse

31

15.58%

Rape

25

12.56%

Robbery

20

10.05%

Assault

18

9.05%

Sodomy

17

8.54%

Kidnapping

6

3.02%

Burglary

4

2.01%

Driving Offense

2

1.01%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.50%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

1.01%

Total

199

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from October 1st, the total number 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

197

31

15.74%

Rape

174

25

14.37%

Homicide

137

39

28.47%

Drugs

106

34

32.08%

Sodomy

99

17

17.17%

Assault

79

18

22.78%

Robbery

48

20

41.67%

Kidnapping

24

6

25.00%

Burglary

22

4

18.18%

Theft

16

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

8

2

25.00%

Vehicle Theft

4

1

25.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

56

2

3.57%

Total

971

199

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 199 criminal aliens with ICE immigration 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

133

66.83%

Vietnam

10

5.03%

Cuba

8

4.02%

Honduras

5

2.51%

Russia

5

2.51%

Guatemala

4

2.01%

Ukraine

4

2.01%

Egypt

2

1.01%

EL Salvador

2

1.01%

England

2

1.01%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

1.01%

Somalia

2

1.01%

Other Countries

20

10.05%

Total

199

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 32 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Multnomah 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 Multnomah 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/