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Is it just a coincidence? Do counties with sanctuary cities have higher crime rates?

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For virtually every crime, there is at least one victim - a fact that shouldn't be ignored. 

Do cities that choose to ignore Federal Immigration Law and intentionally do not cooperate with ICE tend to attract a more dangerous element to their communities.  The crime reports prepared by David Olen Cross, would seem to indicate they do.

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Oregon’s Marion County first in foreign national crime in September 2017 with with 23.79 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons. 

Multnomah County was third in foreign national crime in the state with 20.49 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

On October 2, 2017 Oregon’s Washington County (report below) had 206 of the 971 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 21.22 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.
The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 206 criminal aliens incarcerated on October 2nd 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 Washington County by Type of Crime

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

Sex Abuse

49

23.79%

Rape

44

21.36%

Sodomy

22

10.68%

Drugs

21

10.19%

Homicide

21

10.19%

Assault

20

9.71%

Robbery

11

5.34%

Burglary

5

2.43%

Kidnapping

3

1.46%

Theft

3

1.46%

Driving Offense

2

0.97%

Escape

1

0.49%

Arson

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0.00%

Vehicle Theft

0

0.00%

Other / Combination Crimes

4

1.94%

Total

206

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 02 October 17.

This table reveals, using the DOC ICE detainer numbers from October 2nd, 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

197

49

24.87%

Rape

174

44

25.29%

Homicide

137

21

15.33%

Drugs

106

21

19.81%

Sodomy

99

22

22.22%

Assault

79

20

25.32%

Robbery

48

11

22.92%

Kidnapping

24

3

12.50%

Burglary

22

5

22.73%

Theft

16

3

18.75%

Driving Offense

8

2

25.00%

Vehicle Theft

4

0

0.00%

Escape

1

1

100.00%

Arson

0

0

0.00%

Forgery

0

0

0.00%

Other / Combination crimes

56

4

7.14%

Total

971

206

 

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 02 October 17.

The following table reveals the self-declared countries of origin of the majority of the 206 criminal aliens with ICE immigration detainers who have harmed or victimized the residents Washington County in the DOC prison system.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Country

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

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

Mexico

158

76.70%

Guatemala

9

4.37%

Cuba

5

2.43%

EL Salvador

4

1.94%

Honduras

4

1.94%

Federated States of Micronesia

3

1.46%

Philippines

2

0.97%

Other Countries

21

10.19%

Total

206

100.00%

Source: Research and Evaluation DOC Report ICE inmates list 02 October 17.

Criminal aliens from 27 different countries have harmed or victimized the residents of Washington 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 Washington 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/

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