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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Each day, thousands of people drive or walk into the U.S. from Tijuana at Otay Mesa, a port of entry that is one of the most fortified and closely watched border checkpoints in the world.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Regional, state and Mexican officials in 1998 struck an agreement to pursue Otay Mesa East, a third San Diego port of entry focused on binational trade, that's now expected to cost at least $1.1 billion.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
The border patrol uses it to screen cargo at ports of entry, validate identities in its CBP One app and help officers understand any threats at the border.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Migrants wait in a processing center at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Dennis DeConcini port of entry in Nogales Ariz. in June.
—Didi Martinez, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Regional, state and Mexican officials in 1998 struck an agreement to pursue Otay Mesa East, a third San Diego port of entry focused on binational trade, that's now expected to cost at least $1.1 billion.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
The border patrol uses it to screen cargo at ports of entry, validate identities in its CBP One app and help officers understand any threats at the border.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Migrants wait in a processing center at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Dennis DeConcini port of entry in Nogales Ariz. in June.
—Didi Martinez, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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