port of entry
noun phrase
1
: a place where foreign goods may be cleared through a customhouse
2
: a place (such as an airport or border crossing) where a person may be permitted to enter a country
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The bust comes just days before Thanksgiving, marking one of the larger methamphetamine seizures at the South Texas port of entry this year.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The practice of not letting a potential asylum seeker cross through a checkpoint was used periodically during former President Barack Obama's administration, when border officers began turning away hundreds of Haitian asylum seekers at ports of entry in California.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review the legality of a border practice used by multiple administrations to limit the number of migrants who can apply for asylum at ports of entry.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The region’s invigorating multiculturalism also allures visitors drawn to calypso music, island cuisine, and its history as a port of entry to the Caribbean.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The practice of not letting a potential asylum seeker cross through a checkpoint was used periodically during former President Barack Obama's administration, when border officers began turning away hundreds of Haitian asylum seekers at ports of entry in California.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review the legality of a border practice used by multiple administrations to limit the number of migrants who can apply for asylum at ports of entry.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The region’s invigorating multiculturalism also allures visitors drawn to calypso music, island cuisine, and its history as a port of entry to the Caribbean.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Port of entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20entry. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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