Federal officials said Friday that tens of thousands of travel visas have been canceled by the U.S. Government in the week since President Trump signed a controversial immigration order that limited refugee admissions and visitors from seven specific countries, as the White House again dismissed criticism of the plan, arguing it is central to protecting the U.S. from terrorist attack.
The State Department told reporters that fewer than 60,000 visas were canceled, while a Justice Department lawyer in a federal courtroom told a judge that about 100,000 visas had been revoked.
At the White House, Press Secretary Sean Spicer did not have
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