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.

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.

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jan. 7 brought more scrutiny on Trump-era training requirements. On CNN’s “State of the Union” ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Just days after voting to advance a war powers resolution to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela, two Republican senators changed course and ...