Today: Migrant's death in ICE custody ruled homicide, and TikTok divestment deal is signed

Описание: Today as it Happened on Thursday, January 22, 2026:

A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.

Geraldo Lunas Campos died Jan. 3 following an altercation with guards. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 55-year-old father of four was attempting suicide and the staff tried to save him.

But a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards held him down and one put an arm around his neck and squeezed until he was unconscious.

His death was one of at least three reported in little more than a month at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility in the desert on the grounds of Fort Bliss, an Army base.

The United States and China have both signed off on TikTok’s long-awaited divestment deal, clearing a major hurdle for the popular social media app’s future in the U.S., a White House official confirmed to Scripps News.

The approvals pave the way for the sale of TikTok’s American operations to close ahead of a Jan. 22 government deadline, bringing an end to several years of political, legal and national security uncertainty surrounding the platform used by roughly 170 million Americans.

And House lawmakers have passed $1.2 trillion in government funding measures that seek to keep the government open and running for the rest of the year following a record-long shutdown late in 2025.

Most measures to fund Defense, Education, Transportation and Health and Human Services departments passed with bipartisan support and a final vote of 341-88. A fourth bill to allocate funding to the Department of Homeland Security received strong Democratic push back but ultimately passed 220-207.

The measures now must pass in the Senate.

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