On CNN’s "State of the Union" Jan. 11, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told anchor Jake Tapper the Trump administration had shortened ICE agents’ training time while scaling up its hiring.
"They are not getting the traditional five months training... The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump is the 47th president," said U.S. Sen. Mark Warner.
Training was cut under Trump, but the timeline and number of days differ depending on who’s reporting and how it’s counted ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hired over 12,000 officers and reduced training time to aid with deportation efforts. Steve Inskeep speaks with a homeland security expert about that training.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of ICE agents’ training days was reduced to 47 days months before an ICE agent killed an unarmed mother in Minnesota.
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Are ICE agents trained to use deadly force and evade lawsuits?
Investigative journalist Lila Hassan has uncovered evidence that shines a light into ICE’s controversial training.
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