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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Travelers' rights against warrantless searches are weakened within 100 miles of any port of entry, so any person is subject to being questioned and their electronic devices – including phones, tablets and laptops – searched by border agents regardless of immigration status.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Every day last year, CBP officers seized an average of 1,571 pounds of drugs at different ports of entry across the U.S., according to the release.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
Tariffs are typically imposed when a product arrives at a port of entry, at which time the importer of record must pay the tax before the item is released.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
That includes conducting horse patrols with Customs and Border Protection along the southwest border; visiting Guantanamo Bay, where the administration sent immigrants before deporting them to Venezuela; and seizing bricks of cocaine from a vehicle at a port of entry in California.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Every day last year, CBP officers seized an average of 1,571 pounds of drugs at different ports of entry across the U.S., according to the release.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
Tariffs are typically imposed when a product arrives at a port of entry, at which time the importer of record must pay the tax before the item is released.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
That includes conducting horse patrols with Customs and Border Protection along the southwest border; visiting Guantanamo Bay, where the administration sent immigrants before deporting them to Venezuela; and seizing bricks of cocaine from a vehicle at a port of entry in California.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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