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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, December 10, 2018
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On October 1, 2018 Oregon’s Washington County had 196 of the 919 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 21.33 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 196 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 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

44

22.45%

Sex Abuse

44

22.45%

Homicide

21

10.71%

Sodomy

21

10.71%

Assault

20

10.20%

Drugs

19

9.69%

Robbery

11

5.61%

Burglary

6

3.06%

Theft

3

1.53%

Kidnapping

2

1.02%

Driving Offense

1

0.51%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.51%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

3

1.53%

Total

196

100.00%

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

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

191

44

23.04%

Rape

170

44

25.88%

Homicide

132

21

15.91%

Sodomy

100

21

21.00%

Drugs

82

19

23.17%

Assault

75

20

26.67%

Robbery

49

11

22.45%

Kidnapping

26

2

7.69%

Burglary

19

6

31.58%

Theft

14

3

21.43%

Vehicle Theft

6

1

16.67%

Driving Offense

2

1

50.00%

Arson

1

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

52

3

5.77%

Total

919

196

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 196 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

150

76.53%

Guatemala

10

5.10%

Cuba

5

2.55%

EL Salvador

5

2.55%

Honduras

3

1.53%

Philippines

2

1.02%

Other Countries

21

10.71%

Total

196

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 26 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/.