How to Use anti-immigrant in a Sentence

anti-immigrant

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  • The city recently found anti-immigrant and racist signs installed along a busy street.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 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
  • That message seems to be getting lost in the current wave of anti-immigrant sentiment sweeping the nation, if not the world.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 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
  • Coulter, known for her racist and anti-immigrant stances, attacked India, as well.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Lowery is sharp in his attunement to the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim violence of the Bush years, which now look like a presage of Trumpism.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And more recently, the service played a key role in fomenting the anti-immigrant riots that swept across the United Kingdom.
    — James Bandler, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Saied’s comments drew plaudits from Éric Zemmour, a leader of France’s far right who is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant views.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But that started to change in the 1990s, as the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the far-right Danish People’s Party proved politically potent.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • From that point onward, his party’s influence declined, eclipsed first by the anti-immigrant League and then by the eurosceptic Brothers of Italy.
    — John Follain, Fortune, 12 June 2023
  • The world has been engulfed by an anti-global, anti-immigrant backlash.
    — TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
  • While Haley has not raised the issues of her race, these claims -- as well as the ones against Obama and Harris -- have been criticized by some as an effort to appeal to those who are anti-immigrant and racist.
    — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Trump's comments are the latest example of his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Ireland’s own far-right community, like the far-right in the US, has been fueling anti-immigrant sentiments in the country for years.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In 2019, a politician who spoke out against the anti-immigrant far right was assassinated by a right-wing extremist.
    — Ali Breland, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Latinos and the church were used and abused by anti-immigrant forces in California last week — and Barron, along with his babbling brother bishops and the boycotters, has yet to say a word.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Le Pen has already forced Macron to move a long way to the right in France, with his government taking on increasingly anti-immigrant and anti-Islam rhetoric.
    — Luke McGee, CNN, 9 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
  • The trio, all of whom voted to pass the anti-immigrant bill, clumsily attempted to appeal to the thousands of people their party has alienated.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
  • Yet some of us in the audience, disgusted by the persistence of Nazism and anti-immigrant invective in the present, may well appreciate the force of McQueen’s rhetoric.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Though many fans have turned their backs on the mope-rocker for his baffling anti-immigrant stance, many more have tucked their heads into the sand to hold onto the moody, disaffected lyrics that so explained our teenaged selves to us.
    — Michelle Tea, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023
  • His latest criticisms were made after he was asked if his rhetoric could inflame anti-immigrant sentiment in the city.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 2 May 2023
  • Fox News also did not comment on the report, but the scene was illustrative of the anti-immigrant rhetoric that has frequently been promoted on the right-wing network’s air.
    — Jon Passantino, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In this altered climate, an anti-immigrant backlash erupted in the suburbs.
    — Becky Nicolaides / Made By History, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Protests have broken out across Greece, with thousands demonstrating their anger against the Greek government and anti-immigrant policies in Europe.
    — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • In a dramatic shift from his usual anti-immigrant rhetoric, Trump framed the proposal as a way to ensure the U.S. continues to attract global talent.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Carlson’s show was notorious for its anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • Column: Can an anti-immigrant bill turn Florida blue the way Prop. 187 did for California?
    — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The nation has a long history of anti-immigrant sentiments, even among Latinos.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 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

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