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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, December 30, 2018
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On November 1, 2018 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 November 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%

Assault

20

10.42%

Sodomy

20

10.42%

Drugs

18

9.38%

Robbery

10

5.21%

Burglary

8

4.17%

Kidnapping

2

1.04%

Theft

2

1.04%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

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 November 18.

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

171

45

26.32%

Homicide

132

21

15.91%

Sodomy

99

20

20.20%

Drugs

77

18

23.38%

Assault

76

20

26.32%

Robbery

49

10

20.41%

Kidnapping

26

2

7.69%

Burglary

21

8

38.10%

Theft

11

2

18.18%

Vehicle Theft

5

0

0.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

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 November 18.

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%

Philippines

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 November 18.

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

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/.