Trump Revoked Over 100,000 Visas As Part of Muslim-Ban Order
The Trump administration has revoked over 100,000 visas as part of its Muslim-ban executive order, according to The Washington Post.
The Post reports that a government attorney revealed the number during a hearing in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Yemenis who arrived at Dulles International Airport but were sent back to Ethiopia.
The Trump administration has downplayed the number of people impacted by the ban, suggesting it was about 109 people who were detained at airports calling it a “small price to pay” for security.
However, this new revelation confirms that, in fact, the number of people is exponentially larger than the Trump administration has suggested.
According to the Washington Post, “The government attorney, Erez Reuveni from the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation, could not say how many people with visas were sent back to their home countries from Dulles in response to the travel ban.”
