WASHINGTON — A far larger number of people were denied entry into the United States than President Trump initially said after defending his executive order on refugees, Department of Homeland Security officials acknowledged on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump posted on Twitter that only 109 people were denied boarding on planes to the United States after his order, but during a news briefing at the Customs and Border Protection agency’s headquarters on Tuesday, officials said that 721 people had been denied boarding for the United States after it began enforcing the travel ban.

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