The number of people affected by Trump's travel ban: About 90,000
Glenn Kessler
President Trump and his aides love to cite a small number and a big number in order to minimize the impact of the president's executive order suspending the visas of citizens of seven countries.
Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning.President Donald Trump, tweet, Jan, 30, 2017
Remember we're talking about a universe of 109 people. There were 325,000 people that came into this country over a 24 hour period from another country. 109 of them were stopped for additional screening.White House press secretary Sean Spicer, press briefing, Jan. 30, 2017
But these figures are incredibly misleading, so let's go through the math.
--The Facts
First of all, the "325,000" figure is pretty meaningless because the number…
