Oregon’s Multnomah County Third in Foreign National Crime in July 2018

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Sunday, August 26, 2018
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On July 1, 2018 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 186 of the 943 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 19.72 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 186 criminal aliens incarcerated on July 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Homicide

38

20.43%

Sex Abuse

33

17.74%

Rape

25

13.44%

Drugs

24

12.90%

Robbery

18

9.68%

Sodomy

17

9.14%

Assault

15

8.06%

Kidnapping

8

4.30%

Burglary

4

2.15%

Theft

2

1.08%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.54%

Arson

0

0.00%

Driving Offense

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

1

0.54%

Total

186

100.00%

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

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 Multnomah 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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Multnomah County by Type of Crime

Sex Abuse

201

33

16.42%

Rape

172

25

14.53%

Homicide

136

38

27.94%

Sodomy

101

17

16.83%

Drugs

91

24

26.37%

Assault

72

15

20.83%

Robbery

49

18

36.73%

Kidnapping

24

8

33.33%

Burglary

21

4

19.05%

Theft

13

2

15.38%

Vehicle Theft

6

1

16.67%

Driving Offense

3

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

53

1

1.89%

Total

943

186

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 186 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Multnomah County in the DOC prison system.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Multnomah Country by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons

Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Multnomah County in DOC Prisons

Mexico

123

66.13%

Cuba

11

5.91%

Vietnam

10

5.38%

Guatemala

5

2.69%

Federated States of Micronesia

4

2.15%

Laos

3

1.61%

Egypt

2

1.08%

EL Salvador

2

1.08%

Honduras

2

1.08%

Russia

2

1.08%

Ukraine

2

1.08%

Other Countries

20

10.75%

Total

186

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 30 different countries have harmed or victimized Multnomah County residents.

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/.