Oregon’s Washington County Third in Foreign National Crime in March 2017
On March 1, 2017 Oregon’s Washington County had 189 of the 974 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 19.40 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.
The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 189 criminal aliens incarcerated on March 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainers.
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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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 |
47 |
24.87% |
Rape |
41 |
21.69% |
Assault |
20 |
10.58% |
Homicide |
20 |
10.58% |
Sodomy |
18 |
9.52% |
Drugs |
15 |
7.94% |
Robbery |
11 |
5.82% |
Burglary |
5 |
2.65% |
Kidnapping |
3 |
1.59% |
Theft |
3 |
1.59% |
Driving Offense |
2 |
1.06% |
Arson |
0 |
0.00% |
Escape |
0 |
0.00% |
Forgery |
0 |
0.00% |
Vehicle Theft |
0 |
0.00% |
Other / Combination Crimes |
4 |
2.12% |
Total |
189 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 17.
This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from March 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 |
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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 |
197 |
47 |
23.86% |
Rape |
170 |
41 |
24.12% |
Homicide |
137 |
20 |
14.60% |
Drugs |
111 |
15 |
13.51% |
Sodomy |
97 |
18 |
18.56% |
Assault |
76 |
20 |
26.32% |
Robbery |
55 |
11 |
20.00% |
Kidnapping |
26 |
3 |
11.54% |
Burglary |
22 |
5 |
22.73% |
Theft |
19 |
3 |
15.79% |
Driving Offense |
7 |
2 |
28.57% |
Vehicle Theft |
4 |
0 |
0.00% |
Arson |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Forgery |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Escape |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
Other / Combination Crimes |
53 |
4 |
7.55% |
Total |
974 |
189 |
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Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 17.
The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 189 criminal aliens with ICE immigration detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Washington County in the DOC prison system.
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |
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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 |
147 |
77.78% |
Guatemala |
8 |
4.23% |
Cuba |
4 |
2.12% |
EL Salvador |
3 |
1.59% |
Federated States of Micronesia |
3 |
1.59% |
Honduras |
3 |
1.59% |
Ukraine |
3 |
1.59% |
Marshall Islands |
2 |
1.06% |
Philippines |
2 |
1.06% |
Other Countries |
14 |
7.41% |
Total |
189 |
100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 17.
Criminal aliens from 23 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 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/