border control
nounUK /ˈbɔːdə kənˈtrəʊl/
US /ˈbɔːrdər kənˈtroʊl/
Border control is the job of checking people and things that go in or out of a country.
The officers at border control looked at our passports before we entered the country.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The people and systems that guard a country's edges.
Border control stopped the truck to search it.
3. The act of watching and managing a boundary line.
The country spends a lot of money on border control.
4. A place at an airport or crossing where travelers are checked.
We waited in line at border control for an hour.