: 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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But the biggest fear for those dreading a possible far-right surge across Europe has long been the arrival on France’s center stage of anti-immigrant icon Marine Le Pen and her National Rally (RN) party.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 9 May 2024
The far-right, anti-immigrant Vlaams Belang group, which has long called for the northern Flanders region to secede, is polling above 25% there.
—Craig Stirling, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
The working class, long the cornerstone of socialism in Europe, migrated en masse to the anti-immigrant right as an expression of frustration at growing inequality and stagnant paychecks.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Other reports in the past year have flagged that anti-immigrant border militias and the anti-government Boogaloo movement had rebuilt on the platform, despite being banned.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 May 2024
In hopes of repeating his 2016 victory in Michigan, Trump has again tapped into anti-immigrant and economic grievances this cycle.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
While the actors — led by Zoe Saldaña, who is also married to the director — give powerful portrayals that challenge the country’s anti-immigrant climate, but there’s little in the way of thematic novelty here.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
National Rally, the party of Marine Le Pen, was once assumed too xenophobic and anti-immigrant to govern.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The title is a provocation, weighted by the anti-immigrant agendas of Italy, Hungary and other countries in the last few years.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Ian Bremmer, TIME, 9 May 2024
The far-right, anti-immigrant Vlaams Belang group, which has long called for the northern Flanders region to secede, is polling above 25% there.
—Craig Stirling, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
The working class, long the cornerstone of socialism in Europe, migrated en masse to the anti-immigrant right as an expression of frustration at growing inequality and stagnant paychecks.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Other reports in the past year have flagged that anti-immigrant border militias and the anti-government Boogaloo movement had rebuilt on the platform, despite being banned.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 May 2024
In hopes of repeating his 2016 victory in Michigan, Trump has again tapped into anti-immigrant and economic grievances this cycle.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
While the actors — led by Zoe Saldaña, who is also married to the director — give powerful portrayals that challenge the country’s anti-immigrant climate, but there’s little in the way of thematic novelty here.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
National Rally, the party of Marine Le Pen, was once assumed too xenophobic and anti-immigrant to govern.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The title is a provocation, weighted by the anti-immigrant agendas of Italy, Hungary and other countries in the last few years.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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