State Dept.: Less Than 60,000 Visas Revoked Under Travel Order

Friday, 03 February 2017 01:43 PM EST ET

The State Department, contradicting a Justice Department claim, says fewer than 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries saw their visas provisionally canceled after President Donald Trump's executive order blocked them from traveling to the U.S.

That figure contradicts a Justice Department lawyer's claim Friday during a hearing in Virginia about the ban. The lawyer in that case said that about 100,000 visas were revoked.

The State Department clarified that the higher figure includes diplomatic and other visas that were actually exempted by the travel ban, as well as expired visas.

Trump's order bans travel for people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.

 

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The State Department, contradicting a Justice Department claim, says fewer than 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries saw their visas provisionally canceled after President Donald Trump's executive order blocked them from traveling to the U.S.
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