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Illegal Residents
90,000 illegal aliens resided in Oregon as of 2000, according to INS figures. This is almost triple the previous INS estimate in 1996 and 333 percent higher than the estimate for 1990, giving Oregon the 14th largest illegal immigrant population in the country.49
In a month-long investigation of Portland’s service industry in 2001, immigration agents review paperwork for 3,306 employees and discovered that 25 percent were illegal aliens.50 Recent raids by government officials have found hundreds of illegal aliens working in Oregon’s service and tourist industries51,52 and involved in ID fraud,53,54,55 as well as immigrants charged with working to support terrorism here and abroad.56
Oregon authorities requested compensation of $20 million from the federal government in FY’99 for the incarceration of illegal aliens in state and local jails and prisons (under the federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, or SCAAP), but it received only $8 million in compensation, leaving $12 million in uncompensated costs to be borne by Oregon taxpayers.
Contact Oregon Immigration Attorneys
Contact an Immigration Attorney for the following Oregon cities:
- Albany
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Ashland
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Beaverton
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Bend
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Canby
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Central Point
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Clackamas
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Coos Bay
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Corvallis
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Cottage Grove
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Dallas
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Eugene
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Forest Grove
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Grants Pass
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Gresham
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Hermiston
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Hillsboro
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Hood River
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Klamath Falls
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La Grande
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Lake Oswego
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- Lebanon
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Mcminnville
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Medford
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Newberg
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Ontario
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Oregon City
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Pendleton
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Portland
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Prineville
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Redmond
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Roseburg
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Salem
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Sherwood
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Springfield
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The Dalles
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Troutdale
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Tualatin
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West Linn
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Wilsonville
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Woodburn
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