Oregon’s Washington County Third in Foreign National Crime in July 2017

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By David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Monday, August 14, 2017
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On July 1, 2017 Oregon’s Washington County had 200 of the 986 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 20.28 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 200 criminal aliens incarcerated on July 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration 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

49

24.50%

Rape

42

21.00%

Homicide

21

10.50%

Assault

20

10.00%

Drugs

19

9.50%

Sodomy

19

9.50%

Robbery

12

6.00%

Burglary

5

2.50%

Kidnapping

4

2.00%

Theft

3

1.50%

Driving Offense

2

1.00%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

4

2.00%

Total

200

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 July 17.

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

49

24.62%

Rape

173

42

24.28%

Homicide

138

21

15.22%

Drugs

111

19

17.12%

Sodomy

96

19

19.79%

Assault

79

20

25.32%

Robbery

55

12

21.82%

Kidnapping

27

4

14.82%

Burglary

21

5

23.81%

Theft

18

3

16.67%

Driving Offense

9

2

22.22%

Vehicle Theft

4

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

56

4

7.14%

Total

986

200

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 July 17.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 200 criminal aliens with ICE immigration 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

156

78.00%

Guatemala

9

4.50%

Cuba

5

2.50%

EL Salvador

3

1.50%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.50%

Honduras

3

1.50%

Philippines

2

1.00%

Ukraine

2

1.00%

Other Countries

17

8.50%

Total

200

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 July 17.

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

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to Oregon state, county and city governmental officials in Washington County to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the county. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com or at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/