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Oregon’s U.S. Attorney speaks out against sanctuary policies

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon is Billy Williams.  He is one of a group of U.S. Attorneys appointed by the President to head up federal judicial districts in the U.S. ensuring that federal laws are faithfully executed.  As U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Williams is the chief federal law enforcement officer for our state.  He was appointed by Pres. Obama and reappointed by Pres. Trump.

Williams’ recent announcement of strong support for ending sanctuary jurisdictions is very welcome.  Here’s the news release:

Department of Justice -  U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, February 10, 2020

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/us-attorney-statement-justice-department-sanctuary-jurisdiction-legal-action

U.S. Attorney Statement on Justice Department Sanctuary Jurisdiction Legal Action

PORTLAND, Ore.—Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provides the below statement on the sanctuary jurisdiction legal action announced today by Attorney General William P. Barr.

“Today, Attorney General Barr announced new legal actions in several states being taken by the Justice Department to address sanctuary jurisdictions. I share the Attorney General’s belief that sanctuary status declarations directly contravene federal immigration law and threaten public safety. In our country, the Congress makes immigration law and has directed federal authorities to enforce it. The notion that states and other jurisdictions can interfere in the sharing of critical public safety information involving criminal conduct ignores the supremacy of federal law. Each year, many preventable crimes are committed when jurisdictions refuse to cooperate with lawful federal immigration enforcement activities.

Oregon sheriffs and other law enforcement officers are caught in the middle of a highly politicized local and national debate over these policies. Many are left to choose whether to violate state or federal law. This is an untenable position for the men and women who work tirelessly to protect our communities. Since 2015, we have worked with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners here in Oregon to cure this impasse. Our work will continue tomorrow when we will again convene a large group of law enforcement partners to discuss these new lawsuits and other related issues.” Read more about Oregon’s U.S. Attorney speaks out against sanctuary policies

Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report September 2019

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 revealed that 67 of the 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes � 7.75 ppercent of the criminal alien prison population.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

September 1, 2019

864

67

7.75%

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

The 67 criminal aliens in the DOC prison system incarcerated for drug crimes were 7.35 percent of all inmates, domestic and foreign, in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.

Using the DOC Inmate Population Profile and ICE immigration detainer numbers from September 1st, the following table reveals the total number inmates incarcerated for drug crimes, the number of domestic and criminal alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes and the percentage drug crimes committed by criminal aliens.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Number of Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Number of Domestic Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Inmates W/ICE Detainers as a Percentage of All Inmates incarcerated for Drug Crimes

September 1, 2019

911

844

67

7.35%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19 and Inmate Population Profile 01 September 19.

Criminal aliens were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes from 15 of 36 Oregon counties �� 41.67 percent of the counties in the state.

Five Oregon counties, Multnomah (15 alien drug criminals), Clackamas (13 alien drug criminals), Washington (10 alien drug criminals), Jackson (6 alien drug criminals) and Marion (6 alien drug criminals) had 50 of 67 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes �� 74.63 percent of the alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

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

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

Multnomah

15

22.39%

Clackamas

13

19.40%

Washington

10

14.93%

Jackson

6

8.96%

Marion

6

8.96%

Umatilla

4

5.97%

Lane

3

4.48%

Jefferson

2

2.99%

Wasco

2

2.99%

Benton

1

1.49%

Deschutes

1

1.49%

Josephine

1

1.49%

Klamath

1

1.49%

Polk

1

1.49%

Union

1

1.49%

Baker

0

0.00%

Clatsop

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Coos

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Douglas

0

0.00%

Gilliam

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Hood River

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Lincoln

0

0.00%

Linn

0

0.00%

Malheur

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

OOS (Not a County)

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Tillamook

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Yamhill

0

0.00%

Total

67

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from five identified countries were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 63 of 67 criminal aliens convicted of drug crimes incarcerated in the DOC prison system � 94.03 percent of the alien drug criminals in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 67 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

 

Mexico

63

94.03%

 

Cuba

1

1.49%

 

Honduras

1

1.49%

 

Italy

1

1.49%

 

Laos

1

1.49%

 

Total

67

100.00%

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report September 2019

Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report September 2019

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 revealed that 67 of the 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for drug crimes � 7.75 ppercent of the criminal alien prison population.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers for Drug Crimes

September 1, 2019

864

67

7.75%

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

The 67 criminal aliens in the DOC prison system incarcerated for drug crimes were 7.35 percent of all inmates, domestic and foreign, in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.

Using the DOC Inmate Population Profile and ICE immigration detainer numbers from September 1st, the following table reveals the total number inmates incarcerated for drug crimes, the number of domestic and criminal alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes and the percentage drug crimes committed by criminal aliens.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Number of Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Number of Domestic Inmates Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers Incarcerated for Drug Crimes

DOC Inmates W/ICE Detainers as a Percentage of All Inmates incarcerated for Drug Crimes

September 1, 2019

911

844

67

7.35%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19 and Inmate Population Profile 01 September 19.

Criminal aliens were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes from 15 of 36 Oregon counties �� 41.67 percent of the counties in the state.

Five Oregon counties, Multnomah (15 alien drug criminals), Clackamas (13 alien drug criminals), Washington (10 alien drug criminals), Jackson (6 alien drug criminals) and Marion (6 alien drug criminals) had 50 of 67 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes �� 74.63 percent of the alien inmates incarcerated for drug crimes.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

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

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

Multnomah

15

22.39%

Clackamas

13

19.40%

Washington

10

14.93%

Jackson

6

8.96%

Marion

6

8.96%

Umatilla

4

5.97%

Lane

3

4.48%

Jefferson

2

2.99%

Wasco

2

2.99%

Benton

1

1.49%

Deschutes

1

1.49%

Josephine

1

1.49%

Klamath

1

1.49%

Polk

1

1.49%

Union

1

1.49%

Baker

0

0.00%

Clatsop

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Coos

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Douglas

0

0.00%

Gilliam

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Hood River

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Lincoln

0

0.00%

Linn

0

0.00%

Malheur

0

0.00%

Morrow

0

0.00%

OOS (Not a County)

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Tillamook

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Yamhill

0

0.00%

Total

67

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from five identified countries were incarcerated in DOC prisons for drug crimes.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 63 of 67 criminal aliens convicted of drug crimes incarcerated in the DOC prison system � 94.03 percent of the alien drug criminals in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 67 criminal alien inmates by number and percentage incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for drug crimes.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

 

Mexico

63

94.03%

 

Cuba

1

1.49%

 

Honduras

1

1.49%

 

Italy

1

1.49%

 

Laos

1

1.49%

 

Total

67

100.00%

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Drug Crime Report September 2019

Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report September 2019


 

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 that 454 of 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for three types of sex crimes — sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 52.55 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sex crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by alien sex abuse, rape and sodomy.).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table is a numerical breakdown by number and percentage of the 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for the crimes of sex abuse, rape and sodomy.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers Incarcerated by Type of Sex Crime

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers Incarcerated by Type of Sex Crime

Sex Abuse

181

39.87%

Rape

168

37.00%

Sodomy

105

23.13%

Total

454

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one sex crime in 25 of 36 Oregon counties — 69.44 percent of the counties in the state.

Seven Oregon counties, Marion (122 alien sex offenders), Washington (113 alien sex offenders), Multnomah (74 alien sex offenders), Lane (25 alien sex offenders), Clackamas (23 alien sex offenders), Jackson (16 alien sex offenders) and Yamhill (14 alien sex offenders) had 387 of 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for sex crimes — 85.24 percent of the alien sex offenders incarcerated in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table indicates the location by county of where the 454 criminal alien inmates were sent to serve time in the state’s prison system for sex crimes; furthermore, the table is a numerical breakdown by county of the type of sex crimes alien inmates committed that got them sent to the state’s prison system; finally, the table gives the total number and percentage of alien inmates by county incarcerated for sex crimes in the state’s prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Sex Abuse

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Rape

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Sodomy

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

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

Marion

43

46

33

122

26.87%

Washington

44

46

23

113

24.89%

Multnomah

33

24

17

74

16.30%

Lane

7

11

7

25

5.51%

Clackamas

9

8

6

23

5.07%

Jackson

7

5

4

16

3.52%

Yamhill

3

6

5

14

3.08%

Deschutes

5

2

1

8

1.76%

Benton

2

4

1

7

1.54%

Linn

5

1

1

7

1.54%

Umatilla

3

2

2

7

1.54%

Malheur

3

2

0

5

1.10%

Polk

3

1

1

5

1.10%

Klamath

3

0

1

4

0.88%

Coos

0

2

1

3

0.66%

Josephine

3

0

0

3

0.66%

Lincoln

2

1

0

3

0.66%

Wasco

1

2

0

3

0.66%

Clatsop

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Hood River

0

2

0

2

0.44%

Jefferson

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Morrow

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Tillamook

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Douglas

0

0

1

1

0.22%

Union

1

0

0

1

0.22%

Baker

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Gilliam

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0

0

0

0.00%

OOS

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

181

168

105

454

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 36 identified countries were incarcerated in DOC prisons for sex crimes in the State of Oregon.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 379 of 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated for sex crimes in the DOC prison system — 83.48 percent of the alien sex offenders in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table indicates the self-declared countries of origin of the 454 criminal alien inmates that were sent to serve time in the state’s prison system for sex crimes; furthermore, the table is a numerical breakdown by country of the type of sex crimes alien inmates committed that got them sent to the state’s prison system; finally, the table gives the total number and percentage of alien inmates by country incarcerated for sex crimes in the state’s prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Sex Abuse

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Rape

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Sodomy

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

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

Mexico

158

136

85

379

83.48%

Guatemala

5

6

2

13

2.86%

El Salvador

1

2

5

8

1.76%

Russia

0

3

1

4

0.88%

Vietnam

0

3

1

4

0.88%

Ecuador

0

1

2

3

0.66%

Honduras

1

2

0

3

0.66%

Cuba

1

1

0

2

0.44%

England

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Fed. St. Micron.

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Laos

0

1

1

2

0.44%

Peru

2

0

0

2

0.44%

Philippines

0

0

2

2

0.44%

Thailand

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Ukraine

0

1

1

2

0.44%

Wales

0

2

0

2

0.44%

Other Countries

10

10

2

22

4.85%

Total

181

168

105

454

100.00%

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

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/. Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report September 2019

Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report September 2019


 

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 that 454 of 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for three types of sex crimes — sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 52.55 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sex crimes in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by alien sex abuse, rape and sodomy.).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table is a numerical breakdown by number and percentage of the 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons for the crimes of sex abuse, rape and sodomy.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers Incarcerated by Type of Sex Crime

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers Incarcerated by Type of Sex Crime

Sex Abuse

181

39.87%

Rape

168

37.00%

Sodomy

105

23.13%

Total

454

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one sex crime in 25 of 36 Oregon counties — 69.44 percent of the counties in the state.

Seven Oregon counties, Marion (122 alien sex offenders), Washington (113 alien sex offenders), Multnomah (74 alien sex offenders), Lane (25 alien sex offenders), Clackamas (23 alien sex offenders), Jackson (16 alien sex offenders) and Yamhill (14 alien sex offenders) had 387 of 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons for sex crimes — 85.24 percent of the alien sex offenders incarcerated in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table indicates the location by county of where the 454 criminal alien inmates were sent to serve time in the state’s prison system for sex crimes; furthermore, the table is a numerical breakdown by county of the type of sex crimes alien inmates committed that got them sent to the state’s prison system; finally, the table gives the total number and percentage of alien inmates by county incarcerated for sex crimes in the state’s prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Sex Abuse

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Rape

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County Incarcerated for the Crime of Sodomy

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

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

Marion

43

46

33

122

26.87%

Washington

44

46

23

113

24.89%

Multnomah

33

24

17

74

16.30%

Lane

7

11

7

25

5.51%

Clackamas

9

8

6

23

5.07%

Jackson

7

5

4

16

3.52%

Yamhill

3

6

5

14

3.08%

Deschutes

5

2

1

8

1.76%

Benton

2

4

1

7

1.54%

Linn

5

1

1

7

1.54%

Umatilla

3

2

2

7

1.54%

Malheur

3

2

0

5

1.10%

Polk

3

1

1

5

1.10%

Klamath

3

0

1

4

0.88%

Coos

0

2

1

3

0.66%

Josephine

3

0

0

3

0.66%

Lincoln

2

1

0

3

0.66%

Wasco

1

2

0

3

0.66%

Clatsop

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Hood River

0

2

0

2

0.44%

Jefferson

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Morrow

1

1

0

2

0.44%

Tillamook

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Douglas

0

0

1

1

0.22%

Union

1

0

0

1

0.22%

Baker

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Gilliam

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0

0

0

0.00%

OOS

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

181

168

105

454

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from 36 identified countries were incarcerated in DOC prisons for sex crimes in the State of Oregon.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 379 of 454 criminal alien inmates incarcerated for sex crimes in the DOC prison system — 83.48 percent of the alien sex offenders in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table indicates the self-declared countries of origin of the 454 criminal alien inmates that were sent to serve time in the state’s prison system for sex crimes; furthermore, the table is a numerical breakdown by country of the type of sex crimes alien inmates committed that got them sent to the state’s prison system; finally, the table gives the total number and percentage of alien inmates by country incarcerated for sex crimes in the state’s prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Sex Abuse

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Rape

DOC Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country Incarcerated for the Crime of Sodomy

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

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

Mexico

158

136

85

379

83.48%

Guatemala

5

6

2

13

2.86%

El Salvador

1

2

5

8

1.76%

Russia

0

3

1

4

0.88%

Vietnam

0

3

1

4

0.88%

Ecuador

0

1

2

3

0.66%

Honduras

1

2

0

3

0.66%

Cuba

1

1

0

2

0.44%

England

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Fed. St. Micron.

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Laos

0

1

1

2

0.44%

Peru

2

0

0

2

0.44%

Philippines

0

0

2

2

0.44%

Thailand

1

0

1

2

0.44%

Ukraine

0

1

1

2

0.44%

Wales

0

2

0

2

0.44%

Other Countries

10

10

2

22

4.85%

Total

181

168

105

454

100.00%

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

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/. Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Crime Report September 2019

Oregon Department of Corrections: Mexican National Crime Report September 2019

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 that 695 of the 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were Mexican nationals — 80.44 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of Mexican nationals incarcerated in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by this specific group of criminal aliens).

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 September 1st in the state’s prisons who declared themselves as being Mexican nationals.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Mexican National Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Percent of Mexican National Inmates W/ICE Detainers

September 1, 2019

864

695

80.44%

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

Mexican (MEX) national criminals were sent to DOC prisons from 26 of the 36 Oregon counties — 72.22 percent of the counties in the state.

Seven Oregon counties, Marion (181 MEX national inmates), Washington (146 MEX national inmates), Multnomah (107 MEX national inmates), Clackamas (54 MEX national inmates), Lane (32 MEX national inmates), Jackson (28 MEX national inmates) and Umatilla (27 MEX national inmates) had 575 of the 695 Mexican national inmates incarcerated in DOC prisons — 82.73 percent of the MEX national inmates.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of Mexican national inmates incarcerated on that were sent  to prison from the state’s 36 counties.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Number of Mexican National Inmates by County W/ ICE Detainers

DOC Percent of Mexican National Inmates by County W/ICE Detainers

Marion

181

26.04%

Washington

146

21.01%

Multnomah

107

15.40%

Clackamas

54

7.77%

Lane

32

4.60%

Jackson

28

4.03%

Umatilla

27

3.88%

Yamhill

19

2.73%

Linn

13

1.87%

Benton

11

1.58%

Polk

11

1.58%

Klamath

10

1.44%

Deschutes

9

1.29%

Jefferson

7

1.01%

Malheur

7

1.01%

Tillamook

5

0.72%

Wasco

5

0.72%

Coos

4

0.58%

Hood River

4

0.58%

Lincoln

4

0.58%

Clatsop

3

0.43%

Douglas

3

0.43%

Josephine

2

0.29%

Gilliam

1

0.14%

Morrow

1

0.14%

Union

1

0.14%

Baker

0

0.00%

Columbia

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Total

695

100.00%

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

Here are the ways Oregon residents were victimized by the 695 Mexican national criminals.

Significant numbers, there were 379 of the 695 criminal alien inmates from Mexico incarcerated in DOC prisons for three types of sex crimes — sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 54.53 percent of the Mexican national inmates in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of Mexican national inmates incarcerated on September 1st by type of crime.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Number of Mexican National Inmates by Type of Crime W/ ICE Detainers

DOC Percent of Mexican National Inmates by Type of Crime W/ICE Detainers

Sex Abuse

158

22.73%

Rape

136

19.57%

Homicide

97

13.96%

Sodomy

85

12.23%

Drugs

63

9.06%

Assault

57

8.20%

Robbery

26

3.74%

Kidnapping

17

2.45%

Burglary

11

1.58%

Driving Offense

3

0.43%

Theft

3

0.43%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.14%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

38

5.47%

Total

695

100.00%

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

When compared to the overall DOC criminal alien prison population, Mexican nationals were 97 of the 127 criminal aliens convicted of homicidal crimes (various degrees of murder and manslaughter) incarcerated in the state’s prison system — 76.38 percent of all alien inmates serving time for homicidal crimes.

Using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from September 1st, the following table reveals the total number of criminal alien inmates incarcerated by type of crime, the number of Mexican national inmates incarcerated by type of crime and the percentage of Mexican national inmates incarcerated by type of crime.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Total Number of Inmates by Type of Crime W/ICE Detainers

DOC Number of Mexican National Inmates by Type of Crime W/ ICE Detainers

DOC Percent of Mexican National Inmates by Type of Crime W/ICE Detainers

Sex Abuse

181

158

87.29%

Rape

168

136

80.95%

Homicide

127

97

76.38%

Sodomy

105

85

80.95%

Assault

77

57

74.03%

Drugs

67

63

94.03%

Robbery

41

26

63.41%

Kidnapping

25

17

68.00%

Burglary

15

11

73.33%

Theft

11

3

27.27%

Driving Offense

4

3

75.00%

Vehicle Theft

1

1

100.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

42

38

90.48%

Total

864

695

 

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

Beyond the DOC Mexican national incarceration numbers and incarceration percentages, per county and per type of crime, criminal aliens from Mexico place a substantial economic burden on Oregonians.

An individual inmate incarcerated in the DOC prison system costs the state approximately ($108.26) per day.

The DOC’s incarceration cost for 695 Mexican national inmates is approximately ($75,240.70) per day, ($526,684.90) per week, and ($27,462,855.50) per year.

None of preceding cost estimates for the DOC to incarcerate the 695 Mexican national inmates includes the dollar amount for legal services (indigent defense), language interpreters, court costs, or victim assistance.

Bibliography:

Oregon Department of Corrections Population Profile (unpublished MS Excel workbook) titled Incarcerated Criminal Aliens Report dated September 1, 2019.

Oregon Department of Corrections Issue Brief Quick Facts, March 2019:
https://www.oregon.gov/doc/Documents/agency-quick-facts.pdf

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/. Read more about Oregon Department of Corrections: Mexican National Crime Report September 2019

Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report for the Americas September 2019

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on September 1, 2019 that 777 of the 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system self-declared their countries of origin as being located in the Americas - North, Central and South America and the West Indies - 89.93 percent of the criminal alien prison populatioon (Note: The United States of America (USA) and USA territories are excluded from this report.):

- North America (Mexico and Canada) had 700 criminal aliens - 90.09. percent of thhe DOC alien prisoners from the Americas;

- Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize and Panama) had 51 criminal aliens - 6.56 percent of the DOC alien prisoners from the Americas;

- South America (Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia) had nine criminal aliens - 1.16 perccent of the DOC alien prisoners from the Americas;

- The West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica and Turks) had 17 criminal aliens - 2.19 percent of the DOC alien prisoners ffrom the Americas.

Criminal aliens from 17 countries located in the Americas were incarcerated in the DOC prison system.

Mexican nationals were 695 of 777 criminal aliens from the Americas incarcerated in the DOC prison system - 89.45 percent of the alien inmates ffrom the Americas in the state’s prisons.

Some background information, all 777 criminal aliens incarcerated in the DOC prison system from the Americas were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have ICE detainers placed on them.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 777 criminal alien inmates from the Americas by number and percentage incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Total Number of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin from the Americas

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin from the Americas

Mexico

695

89.45%

Guatemala

22

2.83%

Cuba

15

1.93%

El Salvador

12

1.54%

Honduras

11

1.42%

Canada

5

0.64%

Ecuador

3

0.39%

Peru

3

0.39%

Costa Rica

2

0.26%

Nicaragua

2

0.26%

Argentina

1

0.13%

Belize

1

0.13%

Brazil

1

0.13%

Colombia

1

0.13%

Jamaica

1

0.13%

Panama

1

0.13%

Turks

1

0.13%

Total

777

100.00%

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

Here are the ways Oregon residents were victimized by the 777 criminal aliens from the Americas.

Significant numbers, there were 415 of the 777 criminal alien inmates from the Americas incarcerated in DOC prisons for three types of sex crimes - sex abuse, rape and sodomy — 53.41 percent of the alien inmates from the Americas in the state’s prisons.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien inmates from the Americas incarcerated on September 1st by type of crime.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

Total Number of Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Type of Crime from the Americas

DOC Percent of  Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Type of Crime from the Americas

Sex Abuse

170

21.88%

Rape

150

19.31%

Homicide

111

14.29%

Sodomy

95

12.23%

Assault

69

8.88%

Drugs

65

8.37%

Robbery

31

3.99%

Kidnapping

22

2.83%

Burglary

11

1.42%

Theft

9

1.16%

Driving Offense

4

0.51%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.13%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

39

5.02%

Total

777

100.00%

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

Criminal aliens from the Americas incarcerated in DOC prisons committed at least one crime in 26 of 36 Oregon counties - 72.22 percent of the counties in the staate.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Total Number of  Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County from the Americas

DOC Percent of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County from the Americas

Marion

191

24.58%

Washington

171

22.01%

Multnomah

128

16.47%

Clackamas

60

7.72%

Lane

36

4.63%

Jackson

31

3.99%

Umatilla

29

3.73%

Yamhill

20

2.57%

Linn

15

1.93%

Benton

12

1.54%

Polk

12

1.54%

Deschutes

11

1.42%

Klamath

10

1.29%

Jefferson

7

0.90%

Malheur

7

0.90%

Lincoln

5

0.64%

Tillamook

5

0.64%

Wasco

5

0.64%

Coos

4

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report September 2019

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) September 1, 2019 Inmate Population Profile indicated there were 14,642 inmates incarcerated in the DOC’s 14 prisons.

Data obtained from the DOC indicated that on September 1st there were 864 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the state’s prison system; criminal aliens were 5.90 percent of the total prison population.

Some background information, all the criminal aliens incarcerated in the DOC prison system were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have ICE detainers placed on them.

Using DOC Inmate Population Profiles and ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number inmates, the number of domestic and criminal alien inmates along with the percentage of inmates with ICE detainers incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Month/Day/Year

DOC Total Number Inmates

DOC Total Number Domestic Inmates

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers

September 1, 2019

14,642

13,778

864

5.90%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19 and Inmate Population Profile 01 September 19.

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

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

County

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by County

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers by County

Marion

209

24.19%

Washington

185

21.41%

Multnomah

162

18.75%

Clackamas

66

7.64%

Lane

39

4.51%

Jackson

31

3.59%

Umatilla

29

3.36%

Yamhill

20

2.31%

Linn

16

1.85%

Benton

14

1.62%

Deschutes

12

1.39%

Polk

12

1.39%

Klamath

11

1.27%

Malheur

7

0.81%

Jefferson

7

0.81%

Lincoln

7

0.81%

Josephine

5

0.58%

Tillamook

5

0.58%

Wasco

5

0.58%

Clatsop

4

0.46%

Coos

4

0.46%

Hood River

4

0.46%

Douglas

3

0.35%

Morrow

2

0.23%

Union

2

0.23%

Columbia

1

0.12%

Gilliam

1

0.12%

OOS (Not a County)

1

0.12%

Baker

0

0.00%

Crook

0

0.00%

Curry

0

0.00%

Grant

0

0.00%

Harney

0

0.00%

Lake

0

0.00%

Sherman

0

0.00%

Wallowa

0

0.00%

Wheeler

0

0.00%

Total

864

100.00%

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

Here are the ways Oregon residents were victimized by the 864 criminal aliens.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the number and percentage of criminal alien prisoners incarcerated on September 1st by type of crime.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Type of Crime

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Type of Crime

Sex Abuse

181

20.95%

Rape

168

19.44%

Homicide

127

14.70%

Sodomy

105

12.15%

Assault

77

8.91%

Drugs

67

7.75%

Robbery

41

4.75%

Kidnapping

25

2.89%

Burglary

15

1.74%

Theft

11

1.27%

Driving Offense

4

0.46%

Vehicle Theft

1

0.12%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

42

4.86%

Total

864

100.00%

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

Using the DOC Inmate Population Profile and ICE detainer numbers from September 1st, the following table reveals the total number inmates by crime type, the number of domestic and criminal alien prisoners incarcerated by type of crime and the percentage of those crimes committed by criminal aliens.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Crime

DOC Total Number Inmates by Type of Crime

DOC Total Number Domestic Inmates by Type of Crime

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Type of Crime

DOC Inmates W/ICE Detainers as a Percent of Total Inmates by Type of Crime

Sex Abuse

1,758

1,577

181

10.30%

Rape

985

817

168

17.06%

Homicide

1,793

1,666

127

7.08%

Sodomy

1,069

964

105

9.82%

Assault

2,044

1,967

77

3.77%

Drugs

911

844

67

7.35%

Robbery

1,440

1,399

41

2.85%

Kidnapping

262

237

25

9.54%

Burglary

1,190

1,175

15

1.26%

Theft

870

859

11

1.26%

Driving Offense

234

230

4

1.71%

Vehicle Theft

557

556

1

0.18%

Arson

79

79

0

0.00%

Escape

34

34

0

0.00%

Forgery

58

58

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

1,358

1,316

42

3.09%

Total

14,642

13,778

864

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 September 19 and Inmate Population Profile 01 September 19.

Using DOC ICE detainer numbers, the following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the 864 criminal alien prisoners by number and percentage incarcerated on September 1st in the state’s prisons.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

DOC Total Number Inmates W/ ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin

DOC Percent Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Self-Declared Country of Origin

Mexico

695

80.44%

Guatemala

22

2.55%

Cuba

15

1.74%

El Salvador

12

1.39%

Honduras

11

1.27%

Vietnam

11

1.27%

Federated States of Micronesia

7

0.81%

Laos

6

0.69%

Russia

6

0.69%

Canada

5

0.58%

Ukraine

5

0.58%

Cambodia

3

0.35%

Ecuador

3

0.35%

Marshall Islands

3

0.35%

Peru

3

0.35%

Philippines

3

0.35%

Thailand

3

0.35%

Other / Unknown Countries

51

5.90%

Total

864

100.00%

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

Beyond the DOC criminal alien incarceration numbers and incarceration percentages, per county and per crime type, or even country of origin, criminal aliens place a substantial economic burden on Oregonians.

An individual prisoner incarcerated in the DOC prison system costs the state approximately ($108.26) per day.

The DOC’s incarceration cost for its 864 criminal alien prison population is approximately ($93,536.64) per day, ($654,756.48) per week, and ($34,140,873.60) per year.

None of preceding cost estimates for the DOC to incarcerate the 864 criminal aliens includes the dollar amount for legal services (indigent defense), language interpreters, court costs, or victim assistance.

Bibliography:

Oregon Department of Corrections Inmate Population Profile September 1, 2019.

Oregon Department of Corrections Population Profile (unpublished MS Excel workbook) titled Incarcerated Criminal Aliens Report dated September 1, 2019.

Oregon Department of Corrections Issue Brief Quick Facts, March 2019:
https://www.oregon.gov/doc/Documents/agency-quick-facts.pdf

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a 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 current and past crime reports can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
 


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ICE detains man at Astoria courthouse

Federal immigration agents detained a man at the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria on Thursday after spraying people who were trying to escort him away.

Fabian Alberto Zamora-Rodriguez appeared in Circuit Court for a hearing related to felony charges that he encouraged child sexual abuse. Aware U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were outside the second-floor courtroom, immigrant rights’ advocates and the man’s mother and partner tightly surrounded him as he tried to leave.Federal immigration agents detained a man at the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria on Thursday after spraying people who were trying to escort him away.

Fabian Alberto Zamora-Rodriguez appeared in Circuit Court for a hearing related to felony charges that he encouraged child sexual abuse. Aware U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were outside the second-floor courtroom, immigrant rights’ advocates and the man’s mother and partner tightly surrounded him as he tried to leave.

Immigration agents took a man into custody at the Clatsop County Courthouse on Thursday.

A video of the encounter, shared with The Astorian by a bystander, Maria Senaida Perez, shows immigration agents confronting the people in the hallway and releasing what appears to be pepper spray before grabbing Zamora-Rodriguez and taking him into custody.

Tanya Roman, a spokeswoman for ICE, said she was unable to comment on Zamora-Rodriguez’s immigration status or the legal reason for his detention due to privacy concerns.

“It is actually often due to the implementation of unreasonable ‘sanctuary city’ policies that prevent ICE from being notified of the presence of criminal aliens in jails or prisons, which then necessitates that we utilize options like enforcement actions at courthouses to accomplish our law enforcement mission,” she said in an email.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has every legal right to carry out its mission on courthouse grounds if the circumstances of an enforcement action require it.”

Sheriff Tom Bergin said he was notified by ICE before the immigration agents took local action.

“We need to start supporting ICE in their efforts of when people are here illegally,” the sheriff said. “This isn’t a game. These people are here illegally and if ICE has a detainer for them or a warrant then they need to abide by the laws in the state and the United States of America. I’m sorry, that’s how it is. That’s how it should be.”

Bergin said the people who surrounded Zamora-Rodriguez were interfering.

“I’m sorry, but if they have a warrant and the guy needs to go into custody, then he needs to go into custody,” the sheriff said. “But when these protesters or whatever they were, these people that wanted to make sure he didn’t go to jail surrounded him, they’re interfering with a police officer.”

Shaken

Hours afterward, Andrea Gonzalez, a program coordinator with the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council, she said was still shaken by the physical nature of the encounter and that it took place inside the courthouse.

“People don’t have rights all of a sudden?” said Gonzalez, who was sprayed. “I don’t know. It just feels ... it feels wrong.”

Under Oregon’s sanctuary law, sheriff’s deputies and others in state and local law enforcement are prohibited from enforcing federal immigration law if the suspect’s only crime is being in the country illegally. Last year, Bergin wrote a letter signed by 15 other county sheriffs supporting a ballot measure that would have repealed the sanctuary law. Voters rejected the measure in November.

The video shows sheriff’s deputies in the hallway at the courthouse on Thursday, but they did not appear to participate in or seek to stop the detention.

“I’m not surprised. Tom Bergin is the sheriff and I know his stance,” Gonzalez said. “And I’m not saying all sheriffs are bad. But I mean clearly they are cooperating with them and they were what, OK with people who are just trying to escort someone out being hurt by these officials? People from their community? That’s disturbing to me for sure.”

Judge Paula Brownhill, the presiding judge of the Circuit Court, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Earlier this year, after a man was detained by ICE outside the courthouse in December, the judge echoed complaints from many judges and civil liberties’ advocates nationally. “Not only criminal defendants, but civil litigants, crime victims, and witnesses may be reluctant to come to court for fear of encountering ICE,” she said.

District Attorney Ron Brown said ICE’s local action was legal. He said that people inside the courthouse could detect the pepper spray hours after it was released.

“It’s not something we like to see at all, but it does happen,” Brown said.

Roman, the ICE spokeswoman, said civil immigration enforcement actions taken inside courthouses can reduce safety risks to the public. “Arrests that take place inside courthouses are undertaken in coordination with courthouse security leadership with the same level of professionalism and respect that ICE officers and agents are committed to practicing every day,” she said.

“ICE does not make civil immigration arrests inside courthouses indiscriminately. As with all other federal agency planned enforcement actions, ICE arrests at courthouses are the result of targeted enforcement actions against specific, targeted aliens.”

Roman said, in years past, “most of these individuals would have been turned over to ICE by local authorities upon their release from jail based on ICE detainers. Now that some cities do not honor ICE detainers, these individuals, who often have significant criminal histories, are released onto the street, presenting a potential public safety threat.”

Online activity

Zamora-Rodriguez was arrested in February after the sheriff’s office said he showed up at a local park for what he believed was going to be a sexual rendezvous with an 11-year-old boy. Online, deputies had been posing as the boy and the boy’s 40-year-old babysitter.

He has pleaded not guilty to encouraging child sexual abuse and other felony charges. At the hearing Thursday, a case management hearing was set for October.


Nicole Bales is a reporter for The Astorian, covering police, courts and county government. Contact her at 971-704-1724 or nbales@dailyastorian.com.

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Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in May 2019

On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 189 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was second in foreign national crime in the state with 20.77 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 189 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 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 Washington County by Type of Crime

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

Rape

46

24.34%

Sex Abuse

45

23.81%

Assault

21

11.11%

Homicide

21

11.11%

Sodomy

21

11.11%

Drugs

13

6.88%

Robbery

9

4.76%

Burglary

5

2.65%

Theft

3

1.59%

Driving Offense

1

0.53%

Kidnapping

1

0.53%

Arson

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

3

1.59%

Total

189

100.00%

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

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

183

45

24.59%

Rape

172

46

26.74%

Homicide

131

21

16.03%

Sodomy

100

21

21.00%

Assault

85

21

24.71%

Drugs

81

13

16.05%

Robbery

45

9

20.00%

Kidnapping

26

1

3.85%

Burglary

18

5

27.78%

Theft

16

3

18.75%

Driving Offense

4

1

25.00%

Vehicle Theft

2

0

0.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Escape

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Comb. Crimes

47

3

6.38%

Total

910

189

 

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

Criminal aliens from 23 identified countries have harmed or victimized Washington County residents.

Foreign nationals who declared their country or origin as being Mexico were 149 of 189 criminal aliens from Washington County incarcerated in the DOC prison system — 78.84 percent of the county’s alien inmates in the state’s prisons.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 189 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

149

78.84%

Guatemala

9

4.76%

EL Salvador

5

2.65%

Cuba

4

2.12%

Honduras

3

1.59%

Other Countries

19

10.05%

Total

189

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 May 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/. Read more about Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in May 2019

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