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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The Uber driver, Erick Hernandez, missed an exit near the port of entry and was unable to take the following one because it was blocked by an accident, according to immigration attorney Valerie Sigamani.
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Apprehensions of single adults along the California-Mexico border, at ports of entry and areas in between, steadily declined after then-President Joe Biden enacted restrictions on asylum in June 2024.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
That's especially galling to Agriculture Department employee Cole Gandy, who trains CBP workers stationed at ports of entry on how to inspect agricultural imports for pests.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Next, inspectors perform a physical inspection at the port of entry, checking the shipment itself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Apprehensions of single adults along the California-Mexico border, at ports of entry and areas in between, steadily declined after then-President Joe Biden enacted restrictions on asylum in June 2024.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
That's especially galling to Agriculture Department employee Cole Gandy, who trains CBP workers stationed at ports of entry on how to inspect agricultural imports for pests.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Next, inspectors perform a physical inspection at the port of entry, checking the shipment itself.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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