Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Homicide Report June 2018

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on June 1, 2018 that 137 of the 957 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter), 14.32 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for homicidal crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents killed by alien homicidal violence).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number criminal alien inmates along with the number and percentage of those alien inmates incarcerated on June 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

June 1, 2018

957

137

14.32%

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

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates incarcerated on June 1st that were sent to prison from the state’s 36 counties for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

Multnomah

38

27.74%

Marion

24

17.52%

Washington

21

15.33%

Umatilla

9

6.57%

Clackamas

7

5.11%

Jackson

6

4.38%

Lane

6

4.38%

Linn

3

2.19%

Klamath

3

2.19%

Yamhill

3

2.19%

Benton

2

1.46%

Josephine

2

1.46%

Lincoln

2

1.46%

Polk

2

1.46%

Clatsop

1

0.73%

Deschutes

1

0.73%

Douglas

1

0.73%

Gilliam

1

0.73%

Hood River

1

0.73%

Jefferson

1

0.73%

Malheur

1

0.73%

OOS (Not a County)

1

0.73%

Tillamook

1

0.73%

Baker

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Coos

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Union

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wasco

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Total

137

100.00%

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

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 137 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on June 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for Homicidal Crimes

 

Mexico

107

78.10%

 

Cuba

4

2.92%

 

Canada

3

2.19%

 

Vietnam

3

2.19%

 

Cambodia

2

1.46%

 

El Salvador

2

1.46%

 

Guatemala

2

1.46%

 

Laos

2

1.46%

 

South Korea

2

1.46%

 

Costa Rica

1

0.73%

 

Honduras

1

0.73%

 

Japan

1

0.73%

 

Mariana Islands

1

0.73%

 

Marshall Islands

1

0.73%

 

Nicaragua

1

0.73%

 

Nigeria

1

0.73%

 

Peru

1

0.73%

 

South Africa

1

0.73%

 

Turkey

1

0.73%

 

Total

137

100.00%

 

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

Criminal aliens from 19 different countries have committed homicidal violence against Oregon residents.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon 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/.