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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That said, there are also issues involving ports of entry and workers who need to cross the border daily.
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
July’s total numbers between ports of entry are also lower than July 2019, and lower than the monthly average for all of 2019, the last comparable year prior to the pandemic, DHS says.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2024
That day, several dozen migrants, most of them families with small children, awaited guidance from officials and volunteers inside a Mexican government facility near one of the ports of entry that connect the American Nogales with its Mexican counterpart.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Reducing dangerous crossings between ports of entry has been one of the Biden administration's key goals from the beginning – and the one that has been the hardest to attain.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
July’s total numbers between ports of entry are also lower than July 2019, and lower than the monthly average for all of 2019, the last comparable year prior to the pandemic, DHS says.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2024
That day, several dozen migrants, most of them families with small children, awaited guidance from officials and volunteers inside a Mexican government facility near one of the ports of entry that connect the American Nogales with its Mexican counterpart.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Reducing dangerous crossings between ports of entry has been one of the Biden administration's key goals from the beginning – and the one that has been the hardest to attain.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
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