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 Biden administration expanded the use of the CBP One phone application to allow migrants to submit some background information and schedule appointments with immigration officials at ports of entry.
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
That application was created during the Biden administration as a way to encourage migrants seeking asylum to make an appointment at a Border Patrol office instead of attempting a dangerous crossing between ports of entry.
—Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
The increase came as border-crossing routes shifted away from Arizona to California last winter and spring, with San Diego County becoming the busiest gateway for undocumented immigrants crossing between ports of entry.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security website states that on a national level, roughly 90% of interdicted fentanyl is nabbed at the ports of entry as opposed to between land ports of entry.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
That application was created during the Biden administration as a way to encourage migrants seeking asylum to make an appointment at a Border Patrol office instead of attempting a dangerous crossing between ports of entry.
—Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
The increase came as border-crossing routes shifted away from Arizona to California last winter and spring, with San Diego County becoming the busiest gateway for undocumented immigrants crossing between ports of entry.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security website states that on a national level, roughly 90% of interdicted fentanyl is nabbed at the ports of entry as opposed to between land ports of entry.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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