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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In just the first 10 days of the Trump administration, apprehensions dropped by 85% between ports of entry at the southwest border and 93% at ports of entry as a result of policies implemented by the Trump administration.
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Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration had used the app to manage the movement of 900,000 migrants through legal ports of entry.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Each day for roughly the past two years, an additional thousand asylum seekers have been able to schedule appointments at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border through a government app called CBP One.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
The Trump administration also discontinued functionalities of a government app, CBP One, used by migrants to submit their information and schedule appointments at southwest border ports of entry, according to a statement posted on the Customs and Border Protection website.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration had used the app to manage the movement of 900,000 migrants through legal ports of entry.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Each day for roughly the past two years, an additional thousand asylum seekers have been able to schedule appointments at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border through a government app called CBP One.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
The Trump administration also discontinued functionalities of a government app, CBP One, used by migrants to submit their information and schedule appointments at southwest border ports of entry, according to a statement posted on the Customs and Border Protection website.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 22 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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