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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It was completed in 1879 near the waterfront in what was, at the time, one of America’s largest ports of entry.
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Dominic Pino, National Review, 26 Apr. 2025
Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The app was used by nearly 1 million migrants to schedule appointments at official ports of entry before they were paroled into the U.S.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices...if you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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Dominic Pino, National Review, 26 Apr. 2025
Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
The app was used by nearly 1 million migrants to schedule appointments at official ports of entry before they were paroled into the U.S.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices...if you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for port of entry
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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