"Remember, we're beefing up ICE 10,000 more agents, Warner said. They are not getting the traditional five months training. Literally, Jake, the training for the ICE agents now is 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump is the 47th president. He also used this figure on Thursday, when talking to a liberal commentator, and on Monday, on CNBC's Squawk Box. Other lawmakers, social media posts and journalists repeated the same line in the days after ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good."
"The Trump administration has confirmed to multiple news organisations it shortened the duration of immigration agent training, while taking issue with some outlets' framing and declining to answer follow-up questions. Neither the ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded to PolitiFact's queries. We were unable to confirm whether the number of training days is connected to Trump's status as the 47th president."
The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman in her car by an ICE officer on January 7 renewed scrutiny of ICE training duration. Senator Mark Warner said the Trump administration shortened ICE agent training to 47 days while expanding hiring, noting agents were not receiving the traditional five months of training. The Trump administration confirmed shortened training duration to multiple news organisations, disputed some outlets' framing, and declined follow-up questions. ICE and DHS did not respond to queries, and the connection between the 47-day figure and Trump's status as the 47th president could not be confirmed. The officer who shot Renee Good had worked at ICE since 2015 and therefore received earlier, longer training.
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