port of entry
noun phrase
1
: a place where foreign goods may be cleared through a customhouse
2
: a place where an alien may be permitted to enter a country
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About 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border.
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, those who came via the CBP One app during the Biden administration, the nearly 1 million people who are part of the unauthorized population did come to a port of entry.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Boston was a major port of entry and tight Irish knit communities began developing.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The move comes after the agency confirmed Wednesday that just over 8,300 immigrants had been arrested between official ports of entry in February, a big decrease over the 140,641 during the same month in 2024.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, those who came via the CBP One app during the Biden administration, the nearly 1 million people who are part of the unauthorized population did come to a port of entry.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Boston was a major port of entry and tight Irish knit communities began developing.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The move comes after the agency confirmed Wednesday that just over 8,300 immigrants had been arrested between official ports of entry in February, a big decrease over the 140,641 during the same month in 2024.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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