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
Examples of port of entry in a Sentence
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Border Patrol encountered more than 24,000 Chinese between ports of entry in fiscal year 2023, compared with just 330 in 2020.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Back then, migrants crossing between ports of entry ran from Border Patrol.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
Officers seize an average of 2,895 pounds of drugs on a daily basis at and between ports of entry into the U.S., according to CBP.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
Carla and Jose, who traveled from Venezuela with their two children, were instructed to show up at the port of entry to speak with agents about their case.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
And if migrant border encounters surpass an average of 5,000 a day − a threshold now met − DHS would have been required to close the border to migrants seeking to cross without prior authorization between ports of entry.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
At the same time, the administration expanded a phone app, CBP One, that lets migrants in Mexico schedule a time to be processed at official ports of entry.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Many in Mexico are waiting to secure an appointment to enter the U.S. at an official port of entry through a Biden administration program powered by a smartphone app known as CBP One.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 May 2024
Many migrants choose to travel through the desert to avoid a long wait at an official port of entry, even though the government says that will count against them in their eventual asylum hearings.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Back then, migrants crossing between ports of entry ran from Border Patrol.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
Officers seize an average of 2,895 pounds of drugs on a daily basis at and between ports of entry into the U.S., according to CBP.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
Carla and Jose, who traveled from Venezuela with their two children, were instructed to show up at the port of entry to speak with agents about their case.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
And if migrant border encounters surpass an average of 5,000 a day − a threshold now met − DHS would have been required to close the border to migrants seeking to cross without prior authorization between ports of entry.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
At the same time, the administration expanded a phone app, CBP One, that lets migrants in Mexico schedule a time to be processed at official ports of entry.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Many in Mexico are waiting to secure an appointment to enter the U.S. at an official port of entry through a Biden administration program powered by a smartphone app known as CBP One.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 May 2024
Many migrants choose to travel through the desert to avoid a long wait at an official port of entry, even though the government says that will count against them in their eventual asylum hearings.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
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