Official: State Department reverses visa ban, allows travelers with visas into US
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department will allow people with valid visas into the United States, a department official said on Saturday, in order to comply with an opinion from a federal judge in Seattle barring President Donald Trump's executive action.
"We have reversed the provisional revocation of visas," the State Department official said in a statement. "Those individuals with visas that were not physically canceled may now travel if the visa is otherwise valid."
Update from @StateDept on travel ban. All those affected can now travel once they have valid visa pic.twitter.com/IKczvQenVN
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(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati and Julia Edwards Ainsley; Editing by Bill Trott)
