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
Examples of port of entry in a Sentence
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And if migrant border encounters surpass an average of 5,000 a day − a threshold now met − DHS would have been required to close the border to migrants seeking to cross without prior authorization between ports of entry.
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
At the same time, the administration expanded a phone app, CBP One, that lets migrants in Mexico schedule a time to be processed at official ports of entry.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Many in Mexico are waiting to secure an appointment to enter the U.S. at an official port of entry through a Biden administration program powered by a smartphone app known as CBP One.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 May 2024
Many migrants choose to travel through the desert to avoid a long wait at an official port of entry, even though the government says that will count against them in their eventual asylum hearings.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
Furthermore, migrants arriving at ports of entry are often participating in humanitarian parole programs, which the Biden administration expanded and considers a method of legal immigration.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2024
Passed by the Texas Legislature during a special session in November, SB 4 codifies a series of penalties for anyone suspected of crossing into the U.S. in Texas other than through an international port of entry.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Presently, Senate Bill 1231 and House bills 2821 and 2748 propose criminalizing the entry of undocumented immigrants outside lawful ports of entry at the southern Arizona border, empowering local judges to adjudicate immigration cases.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
The museum is also expanding its arrival records database by adding nearly 90 million records from other ports of entry nationwide, including New Orleans and San Francisco, reports CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
At the same time, the administration expanded a phone app, CBP One, that lets migrants in Mexico schedule a time to be processed at official ports of entry.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Many in Mexico are waiting to secure an appointment to enter the U.S. at an official port of entry through a Biden administration program powered by a smartphone app known as CBP One.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 May 2024
Many migrants choose to travel through the desert to avoid a long wait at an official port of entry, even though the government says that will count against them in their eventual asylum hearings.
—Ally Schweitzer, NPR, 6 May 2024
Furthermore, migrants arriving at ports of entry are often participating in humanitarian parole programs, which the Biden administration expanded and considers a method of legal immigration.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2024
Passed by the Texas Legislature during a special session in November, SB 4 codifies a series of penalties for anyone suspected of crossing into the U.S. in Texas other than through an international port of entry.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Presently, Senate Bill 1231 and House bills 2821 and 2748 propose criminalizing the entry of undocumented immigrants outside lawful ports of entry at the southern Arizona border, empowering local judges to adjudicate immigration cases.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
The museum is also expanding its arrival records database by adding nearly 90 million records from other ports of entry nationwide, including New Orleans and San Francisco, reports CNN’s Catherine E. Shoichet.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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