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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Trump and his supporters have attempted to link drugs to migrants, but data shows U.S. citizens accounted for 80% of individuals caught with fentanyl during border crossings at ports of entry from 2019 to 2024.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Other migrants, using a government app, could schedule appointments to be paroled into the U.S. at ports of entry.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
The incident happened around 35 miles from the U.S. border crossing into El Paso, Texas, one of the busiest ports of entry along the southwest border.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the metrics tracked is the number of Border Patrol arrests or encounters each month with people entering the country between the official border crossings — known as the ports of entry.
—Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Other migrants, using a government app, could schedule appointments to be paroled into the U.S. at ports of entry.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
The incident happened around 35 miles from the U.S. border crossing into El Paso, Texas, one of the busiest ports of entry along the southwest border.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the metrics tracked is the number of Border Patrol arrests or encounters each month with people entering the country between the official border crossings — known as the ports of entry.
—Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 27 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 22 Dec. 2024.
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