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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People will scale or enter through holes cut in the $22 million per mile wall or enter through one of the 52 legal ports of entry on the United States-Mexican border.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In fiscal 2024, more than $69 billion in two-way goods trade flowed through the cargo land port of entry, with the explosive expansion of large commercial building around the port on the U.S. side as a visible testimony to this dynamic.
—Julian Palombo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
What To Know The port of entry in downtown El Paso was temporarily closed Monday morning, moments before the inauguration ceremony.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Many lined up early Monday, the day of Trump’s inauguration, at the ports of entry for scheduled interviews with U.S. inspectors — only to hear that their interviews had been canceled and that the cellphone application program, known as CPB One, had ended.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In fiscal 2024, more than $69 billion in two-way goods trade flowed through the cargo land port of entry, with the explosive expansion of large commercial building around the port on the U.S. side as a visible testimony to this dynamic.
—Julian Palombo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
What To Know The port of entry in downtown El Paso was temporarily closed Monday morning, moments before the inauguration ceremony.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Many lined up early Monday, the day of Trump’s inauguration, at the ports of entry for scheduled interviews with U.S. inspectors — only to hear that their interviews had been canceled and that the cellphone application program, known as CPB One, had ended.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 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 Feb. 2025.
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