Sanctuary County: Oregon's Multnomah County Third in Foreign National

Article author: 
David Olen Cross
Article date: 
Friday, January 5, 2018
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On December 1, 2017 Oregon’s Multnomah County had 201 of the 973 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 20.66 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Multnomah County residents were harmed or victimized by the 201 criminal aliens incarcerated on December 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 Multnomah County by Type of Crime

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

Homicide

39

19.40%

Drugs

33

16.42%

Sex Abuse

32

15.92%

Rape

25

12.44%

Robbery

21

10.45%

Sodomy

17

8.46%

Assault

16

7.96%

Kidnapping

7

3.48%

Burglary

5

2.49%

Vehicle Theft

2

1.00%

Driving Offense

1

0.50%

Theft

1

0.50%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

2

1.00%

Total

201

100.00%

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

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from December 1st, the total number 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

200

32

16.00%

Rape

175

25

14.29%

Homicide

136

39

28.68%

Sodomy

101

17

16.83%

Drugs

97

33

34.02%

Assault

76

16

21.05%

Robbery

52

21

40.38%

Kidnapping

25

7

28.00%

Burglary

23

5

21.74%

Theft

15

1

6.67%

Driving Offense

7

1

14.29%

Vehicle Theft

5

2

40.00%

Escape

1

0

0.00%

Forgery

1

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

59

2

3.39%

Total

973

201

 

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

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 201 criminal aliens with ICE immigration 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

134

66.67%

Vietnam

11

5.47%

Cuba

7

3.48%

Honduras

5

2.49%

Guatemala

4

1.99%

Federated States of Micronesia

4

1.99%

Russia

4

1.99%

Ukraine

3

1.49%

Egypt

2

1.00%

EL Salvador

2

1.00%

England

2

1.00%

Laos

2

1.00%

Other Countries

21

10.45%

Total

201

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 33 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Multnomah County.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. This report is a service to Oregon state, county and city governmental officials in Multnomah 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/