anti-immigrant

adjective

an·​ti-im·​mi·​grant

ˌan-tē-ˈi-mə-grənt,

ˌan-tī- 

: 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

anti-immigration

ˌan-tē-ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən

ˌan-tī- 

adjective

anti-immigration policies

News of the rising growth rate also prompted anti-immigration groups to claim that immigrants damage the environment.

—Priscilla Huang

Examples of anti-immigrant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Members helped transform the state within a generation from a place that birthed the notorious anti-immigrant Proposition 187 into one where undocumented people can apply for driver’s licenses, health insurance, get in-state college tuition and more. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024

Nearly 7 million Syrians have fled the country in the last four years, many of them to Europe where the sudden influx of refugees fueled a resurgence of anti-immigrant far-right movements. —Richard Engel, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024

According to the group, C/C will also seek to broaden the scope of immigration advocacy to include anti-disinformation and AI policy campaigns, elevating the link between anti-immigrant sentiment and political extremism. —Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024

That resulted in a much larger pool of Black and Latino voters who were receptive to Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric. —Michael Tesler, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above