: 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
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Several of the demonstrations erupted into riots after an anti-immigrant misinformation campaign stoked outrage and far-right agitators targeted hotels housing asylum-seekers.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is Sen. Marsha Blackburn, an incumbent, who echoes Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, all the while opposing the bipartisan border security legislation brought before the Senate earlier this year.
—Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
The cutback plans are set to intensify anxiety in Germany, where the struggling economy has fueled a right-wing political shift and stoked anti-immigrant sentiment.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024
Trump's comments are the latest example of his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is Sen. Marsha Blackburn, an incumbent, who echoes Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, all the while opposing the bipartisan border security legislation brought before the Senate earlier this year.
—Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
The cutback plans are set to intensify anxiety in Germany, where the struggling economy has fueled a right-wing political shift and stoked anti-immigrant sentiment.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024
Trump's comments are the latest example of his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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