Associated Press

PORTLAND, Oregon -- Statistics show presumed illegal immigrants comprise about seven percent of the population in Oregon's state prisons.

Of the 13,300 inmates, more than 1,000 have federal immigration "detainers." This means they will likely be deported after serving their sentences.

The issue of crime committed by illegal immigrants has gained attention in Oregon this month with the arrest of two men in the death of Dani Countryman, the 15-year-old girl strangled after a party in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie.

full story Posted by tyne at August 22, 2007