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

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
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On September 1, 2019 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 162 of the 864 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 18.75 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 162 criminal aliens incarcerated on September 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

Sex Abuse

33

20.37%

Homicide

31

19.14%

Rape

24

14.81%

Sodomy

17

10.49%

Robbery

16

9.88%

Drugs

15

9.26%

Assault

12

7.41%

Kidnapping

8

4.94%

Theft

4

2.47%

Driving Offense

1

0.62%

Arson

0

0.00%

Burglary

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.62%

Total

162

100.00%

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

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

181

33

18.23%

Rape

168

24

14.29%

Homicide

127

31

24.41%

Sodomy

105

17

16.19%

Assault

77

12

15.58%

Drugs

67

15

22.39%

Robbery

41

16

39.02%

Kidnapping

25

8

32.00%

Burglary

15

0

0.00%

Theft

11

4

36.36%

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

42

1

2.38%

Total

864

162

 

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

Criminal aliens from 26 identified countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 107 of 162 criminal aliens from Multnomah County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 66.05 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 162 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

107

66.05%

Vietnam

10

6.17%

Cuba

9

5.56%

Guatemala

5

3.09%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.85%

Honduras

3

1.85%

Ukraine

3

1.85%

Egypt

2

1.23%

Laos

2

1.23%

Russia

2

1.23%

Other Countries

16

9.88%

Total

162

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 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/.