DHS reports felony larceny conviction of immigrant in Guilford County
Homeland Security tied a Guilford County felony larceny conviction to its latest immigration sweep. A High Point arrest showed how jail holds now reach county custody.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday named Tresor Kamona, whom the agency identified as a criminal illegal alien from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a felony larceny conviction in Guilford County. The case puts a county court record inside a broader immigration-enforcement push that DHS says is aimed at public-safety threats.
In the same release, DHS said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested other people convicted of sexual assault, kidnapping and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. The agency said nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the United States.
The Guilford County case also sits alongside a separate High Point arrest that shows how local law enforcement and federal immigration holds now overlap. On May 28, High Point police arrested Victor Adulfo-Herrera, whom DHS identified as a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said ICE lodged a detainer on June 5 asking Guilford County officials not to release him from jail after charges including attempted arson, hit-and-run and assault with a deadly weapon.
That sequence matters because North Carolina law changed in 2024 to require cooperation with ICE detainers. According to the University of North Carolina School of Government, agencies could decide whether to honor those requests before Dec. 1, 2024. The shift reduces the discretion local jail and court officials once had when federal agents sought a hold on someone in county custody.
The state’s enforcement climate has also triggered protests and student walkouts in Greensboro and across Guilford County, underscoring how immigration cases now move through both the criminal justice system and the political arena. North Carolina falls under ICE’s Atlanta field office, placing Guilford County inside a regional enforcement structure that is drawing closer scrutiny as arrests and detainers continue.
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