Once the applicant is approved, they are issued a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card identifying their status in the CBP database when arriving at U.S. land and sea ports of entry (POE).
SENTRI members are permitted to utilize NEXUS lanes when entering the United States from Canada by land (but not vice versa).
The first SENTRI lane was deployed at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California, where the concept and design were refined.
[5] Next, the SENTRI team elected to deploy a system at the busiest single border crossing in the world, San Ysidro, California.
[citation needed] This said, Global Entry participants have the absolute highest priority/likelihood for receiving PreCheck (per CBP documents, including a note that it’s included—not “may” receive—with GE).