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

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, June 11, 2017
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On May 1, 2017 Oregon’s Washington County had 193 of the 969 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 19.92 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 193 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 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

25.39%

Rape

40

20.73%

Assault

22

11.40%

Homicide

21

10.88%

Sodomy

18

9.33%

Drugs

16

8.29%

Robbery

11

5.70%

Burglary

5

2.59%

Kidnapping

4

2.07%

Driving Offense

2

1.04%

Theft

1

0.52%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

4

2.07%

Total

193

100.00%

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

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

197

49

24.87%

Rape

170

40

23.53%

Homicide

136

21

15.44%

Drugs

107

16

14.95%

Sodomy

94

18

19.15%

Assault

82

22

26.83%

Robbery

54

11

20.37%

Kidnapping

27

4

14.81%

Burglary

20

5

25.00%

Theft

17

1

5.88%

Driving Offense

8

2

25.00%

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

969

193

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 193 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

150

77.72%

Guatemala

9

4.66%

Cuba

3

1.55%

EL Salvador

3

1.55%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.55%

Honduras

3

1.55%

Marshall Islands

2

1.04%

Philippines

2

1.04%

Ukraine

2

1.04%

Other Countries

16

8.29%

Total

193

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 24 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/

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