Conway said she had been told by officials that anyone detained can expect to be released "if there's no further threat, if they're not dangerous to this country." | Getty Conway: Travel chaos 'small price to pay' for security

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that international travel disruptions in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from predominantly Muslim nations was a "small price to pay" for greater security.

In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Conway downplayed the separation of families in the aftermath of the order.


"This whole idea that they're being separated and ripped from their families, it's temporary," she said.

She said that about 300 people had been detained or stopped from accessing an aircraft in their home country. Federal judges have started to block parts of the immigration restrictions.

Conway said she had been told by officials that anyone detained can expect to be released "if there's no further threat, if they're not dangerous to this country."

