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State Department reverses visa ban, allows travelers with visas into US: official

5 February 2017 10:31 (UTC+04:00)
State Department reverses visa ban, allows travelers with visas into US: official

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, Reuters reported.

"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.

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