Trump list shows 746 travelers 'detained or processed' under travel ban, lawyer says
Source: ABC News
Nearly 750 people were "detained or processed" during the 26-hour period after a Brooklyn judge issued an order blocking part of Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, according to an attorney representing plaintiffs.
In a letter obtained by ABC News, the government said "this list includes legal permanent residents."
The list was ordered to include travelers who arrived with refugee applications, valid visa holders and people from the seven countries Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - covered by the ban who were legally authorized to enter the U.S.
After Trump issued the order, the administration said that green card holders and others were not subject to the order.
But a Washington state federal court put a nationwide block on Trump's order on Feb. 3. An appeals court declined to lift the restraining order.
At the time, Trump appeared to downplay the number of people detained as a result of the order's implementation.
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Many more than the Administration admitted