Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in January 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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On January 1, 2018 Oregon’s Washington County had 203 of the 967 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 20.99 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 203 criminal aliens incarcerated on January 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 Washington County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

50

24.63%

Rape

45

22.17%

Homicide

22

10.84%

Sodomy

21

10.34%

Drugs

19

9.36%

Assault

18

8.87%

Robbery

12

5.91%

Burglary

4

1.97%

Kidnapping

3

1.48%

Theft

3

1.48%

Driving Offense

2

0.99%

Escape

1

0.49%

Arson

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

3

1.48%

Total

203

100.00%

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

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

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

Sex Abuse

199

50

25.13%

Rape

176

45

25.57%

Homicide

137

22

16.06%

Sodomy

100

21

21.00%

Drugs

97

19

19.59%

Assault

74

18

24.32%

Robbery

52

12

23.08%

Kidnapping

26

3

11.54%

Burglary

23

4

17.39%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Driving Offense

5

2

40.00%

Vehicle Theft

5

0

0.00%

Escape

1

1

100.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

57

3

5.26%

Total

967

203

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 203 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Washington County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

159

78.33%

Guatemala

11

5.42%

Cuba

5

2.46%

EL Salvador

3

1.48%

Honduras

3

1.48%

Federated States of Micronesia

2

0.99%

Philippines

2

0.99%

Other Countries

18

8.87%

Total

203

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 24 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington County.

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/.