: 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
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The anti-immigrant AfD did better than ever in Germany — but strong support from the Trump administration might have alienated some voters.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
This disinformation fueled anti-immigrant sentiments, resulting in violent protests and attacks on minority communities, such as the assault on the Southport Mosque.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The president has promised mass deportations and his anti-immigrant rhetoric has occasionally targeted migrants in Aurora and Denver.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
What matters is the resurgent white nationalism whose menace hangs over Aber’s story, the inevitable upshot (or so Aber suggests) of Germany’s refusal to reckon thoroughly with its fascist past, in which the roots of present-day anti-immigrant feeling and policy are buried.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
This disinformation fueled anti-immigrant sentiments, resulting in violent protests and attacks on minority communities, such as the assault on the Southport Mosque.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The president has promised mass deportations and his anti-immigrant rhetoric has occasionally targeted migrants in Aurora and Denver.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
What matters is the resurgent white nationalism whose menace hangs over Aber’s story, the inevitable upshot (or so Aber suggests) of Germany’s refusal to reckon thoroughly with its fascist past, in which the roots of present-day anti-immigrant feeling and policy are buried.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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