Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in January 2019

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By David Olen Cross
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Saturday, March 2, 2019
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On January 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 192 of the 909 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was second in foreign national crime in the state with 21.12 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 192 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

Rape

45

23.44%

Sex Abuse

44

22.92%

Homicide

21

10.94%

Sodomy

21

10.94%

Assault

19

9.90%

Drugs

14

7.29%

Robbery

11

5.73%

Burglary

9

4.69%

Theft

3

1.56%

Kidnapping

2

1.04%

Driving Offense

1

0.52%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

1.04%

Total

192

100.00%

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

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

189

44

23.28%

Rape

169

45

26.63%

Homicide

131

21

16.03%

Sodomy

99

21

21.21%

Drugs

77

14

18.18%

Assault

75

19

25.33%

Robbery

46

11

23.91%

Kidnapping

27

2

7.41%

Burglary

23

9

39.13%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Vehicle Theft

4

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

3

1

33.33%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

51

2

3.92%

Total

909

192

 

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

Criminal aliens from 25 identified countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 148 of 192 criminal aliens from Washington County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 77.08 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 192 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 County by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

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

Mexico

148

77.08%

Guatemala

10

5.21%

EL Salvador

5

2.60%

Cuba

3

1.56%

Honduras

3

1.56%

Ukraine

2

1.04%

Vietnam

2

1.04%

Other Countries

19

9.90%

Total

192

100.00%

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