Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in March 2018
May 9, 2018
By David Olen Cross
On March 1, 2018 Oregon’s Marion County had 234 of the 976 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was first in foreign national crime in the state with 23.98 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.
The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 234 criminal aliens incarcerated on March 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 Marion County by Type of Crime | Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
| Sex Abuse | 54 | 23.08% |
| Rape | 49 | 20.94% |
| Sodomy | 33 | 14.10% |
| Homicide | 23 | 9.83% |
| Assault | 18 | 7.69% |
| Kidnapping | 10 | 4.27% |
| Robbery | 9 | 3.85% |
| Drugs | 6 | 2.56% |
| Burglary | 5 | 2.14% |
| Vehicle Theft | 2 | 0.85% |
| Driving Offense | 1 | 0.43% |
| Arson | 0 | 0.00% |
| Escape | 0 | 0.00% |
| Forgery | 0 | 0.00% |
| Theft | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other / Combination Crimes | 24 | 10.26% |
| Total | 234 | 100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 18.
This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from March 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 Marion 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 Marion County by Type of Crime | Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers in DOC Prisons from Marion County by Type of Crime |
| Sex Abuse | 206 | 54 | 26.21% |
| Rape | 175 | 49 | 28.00% |
| Homicide | 137 | 23 | 16.79% |
| Sodomy | 104 | 33 | 31.73% |
| Drugs | 98 | 6 | 6.12% |
| Assault | 74 | 18 | 24.32% |
| Robbery | 52 | 9 | 17.31% |
| Kidnapping | 25 | 10 | 40.00% |
| Burglary | 21 | 5 | 23.81% |
| Theft | 13 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Vehicle Theft | 6 | 2 | 33.33% |
| Driving Offense | 4 | 1 | 25.00% |
| Escape | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Forgery | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other / Comb. Crimes | 59 | 24 | 40.68% |
| Total | 976 | 234 | |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 18.
The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 234 criminal aliens with ICE detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents of Marion County in the DOC prison system.
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | ||
| Country | Total Inmates W/ ICE Detainers from Marion Country by Country of Origin in DOC Prisons | Percentage of Inmates W/ICE Detainers by Country of Origin from Marion County in DOC Prisons |
| Mexico | 207 | 88.46% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 3 | 1.28% |
| Russia | 3 | 1.28% |
| Cambodia | 2 | 0.85% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0.85% |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 0.85% |
| Other Countries | 15 | 6.41% |
| Total | 234 | 100.00% |
Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 01 March 18.
Criminal aliens from 19 different countries have harmed or victimized Marion 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 https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
