### Question
How is the term entry defined?


### Answer
The term **entry** is defined in *8 U.S.C. § 1101* as the following:

> any coming of an alien into the United States, from a foreign port or place or from an outlying possession, whether voluntarily or otherwise, except that an alien having a lawful permanent residence in the United States shall not be regarded as making an entry into the United States for the purposes of the immigration laws if the alien proves to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that his departure to a foreign port or place or to an outlying possession was not intended or reasonably to be expected by him or his presence in a foreign port or place or in an outlying possession was not voluntary: *Provided*, That no person whose departure from the United States was occasioned by deportation proceedings, extradition, or other legal process shall be held to be entitled to such exception

#### Citation:
  - *8 U.S.C. § 1101*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 11-NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

