Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Homicide Report March 2019

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Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
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Monday, April 22, 2019
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Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on March 1, 2019 that 130 of the 901 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter) — 14.43 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 March 1st in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Homicidal Crimes

March 1, 2019

901

130

14.43%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19.

Criminal aliens incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one crime of homicidal violence in 22 of 36 Oregon counties — 66.11 percent of the counties in the state.

Seven Oregon counties, Multnomah (33 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Marion (22 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Washington (21 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Umatilla (9 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Clackamas (7 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes), Jackson (6 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes) and Lane (6 alien inmates convicted of homicidal crimes) had 104 of 130 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for homicidal violence — 80.00 percent of the alien inmates in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates incarcerated on March 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

33

25.38%

Marion

22

16.92%

Washington

21

16.15%

Umatilla

9

6.92%

Clackamas

7

5.38%

Jackson

6

4.62%

Lane

6

4.62%

Klamath

3

2.31%

Linn

3

2.31%

Yamhill

3

2.31%

Benton

2

1.54%

Josephine

2

1.54%

Lincoln

2

1.54%

Polk

2

1.54%

Clatsop

1

0.77%

Deschutes

1

0.77%

Douglas

1

0.77%

Gilliam

1

0.77%

Hood River

1

0.77%

Jefferson

1

0.77%

Malheur

1

0.77%

OOS (Not a County)

1

0.77%

Tillamook

1

0.77%

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

130

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19.

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

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 101 of 130 criminal aliens convicted of homicidal crimes incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 77.69 percent of the alien inmates in the state’s prisons for homicidal crimes.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 130 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on March 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

101

77.69%

 

Cuba

4

3.08%

 

Canada

3

2.31%

 

Vietnam

3

2.31%

 

Cambodia

2

1.54%

 

El Salvador

2

1.54%

 

Laos

2

1.54%

 

South Korea

2

1.54%

 

Costa Rica

1

0.77%

 

Guatemala

1

0.77%

 

Honduras

1

0.77%

 

Japan

1

0.77%

 

Mariana Islands

1

0.77%

 

Marshall Islands

1

0.77%

 

Nicaragua

1

0.77%

 

Nigeria

1

0.77%

 

Peru

1

0.77%

 

South Africa

1

0.77%

 

Turkey

1

0.77%

 

Total

130

100.00%

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 19.

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/.