: opposed to immigrants or immigration : characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward immigrants
State and local politicians have used widespread public opposition to immigration to justify new anti-immigrant legislation.—
Robert K. Schaeffer
Robert K. Schaeffer
anti-immigration
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən
ˌan-tī-
anti-immigration policies
News of the rising growth rate also prompted anti-immigration groups to claim that immigrants damage the environment.
—Priscilla Huang
Priscilla Huang
Examples of anti-immigrant in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
More to Read Opinion: How anti-immigrant bigotry hugely misunderstands our economy
April 9, 2024
Letters to the Editor: Immigration is our top worry?
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
In his bid to mobilize the Conservative base, Mr. Sunak is sounding notes that echo the anti-immigrant themes of Brexit campaigners in 2016.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Some observers worry Trump would go further in executing his anti-immigrant agenda if granted another four years as commander in chief.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 23 May 2024
The anti-immigrant American Party, or Know-Nothing ticket, did flourish in the 1850s before imploding over the issue of slavery.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Xenophobic neo-Nazi terrorists stoked anti-immigrant violences in Germany unchecked for years — in the 21st century.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
In a marked shift, several countries have voted in anti-immigrant nationalists, including Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, and the Netherlands’ far-right anti-Muslim leader Geert Wilders, who stunned Europeans by winning the parliamentary elections last November.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
In a significant shift from anti-immigrant policies of the 1990s, California now leads the nation in helping undocumented residents — issuing driver’s licenses, protections from deportation, COVID-19 pandemic relief, health care and, most recently, food assistance.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
Critics say Trump is capitalizing on those concerns by playing up anti-immigrant sentiments.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 11 May 2024
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
In his bid to mobilize the Conservative base, Mr. Sunak is sounding notes that echo the anti-immigrant themes of Brexit campaigners in 2016.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Some observers worry Trump would go further in executing his anti-immigrant agenda if granted another four years as commander in chief.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 23 May 2024
The anti-immigrant American Party, or Know-Nothing ticket, did flourish in the 1850s before imploding over the issue of slavery.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Xenophobic neo-Nazi terrorists stoked anti-immigrant violences in Germany unchecked for years — in the 21st century.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
In a marked shift, several countries have voted in anti-immigrant nationalists, including Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, and the Netherlands’ far-right anti-Muslim leader Geert Wilders, who stunned Europeans by winning the parliamentary elections last November.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
In a significant shift from anti-immigrant policies of the 1990s, California now leads the nation in helping undocumented residents — issuing driver’s licenses, protections from deportation, COVID-19 pandemic relief, health care and, most recently, food assistance.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
Critics say Trump is capitalizing on those concerns by playing up anti-immigrant sentiments.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 11 May 2024
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